African Tribal Art Mask Vintage Wooden Carved bobo bolo MASK Home Décor mask-G1468

45.3/11 -CM
In the Bobo, masks are the support of tradition and their meaning was revealed to young boys during their initiation. Living in a dry savannah country where the harvest depends on the arrival of the rains, the Bobo have instituted a series of purification rituals to reconcile nature, fundamentally good at home, unlike the ambivalence it has at home. other ethnic groups. Masks have the essential function of eradicating evil and restoring God's balance between sun, earth and rain. All embody the forces of fertility, fertility and growth. This human-looking helmet mask is surmounted by a bird representation