BAMANA JO FIGURE 34, Mali
Photographs © Tim Hamill
BAMANA
Jo Figure 34
24"
$800
Figures were carried in dance ceremonies by new members of the Jo association.
Large seated figures of the Jo association were kept in shrines, and aided
women who sought their help. Periodically they were brought out for fertility
ceremonies. Figures represented the Bamana idea of beauty.
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