Mask antelope Bobo
2021 year
Materials: wood, teeth, paint
Techniques: carving, painting, aging
Dimensions: 85x23x27 cm
Author’s copy of the mask of the Bobo people from Burkina Faso and Mali. The original is at the Under the Bo Gallery in Thailand. Dated mid-20th century. The mask called nyanga (escort mask) represents the Roan antelope (Hippotragus koba).
Such masks are used in various rituals to accompany others heroes in sacred masks.
Mask carved from a tree stump 
Teeth taken from a pig jaw found in a field many years ago 
