Hyena - Bozo - Mali (No Reserve Price)

In African art the Bozos are known for their brightly colored pieces.
Very beautiful example of a polychrome hyena animal mask. We find on the face the speckling imitating the fur of the animal.
The Bozos are a people who remain semi-nomadic to this day, moving their homes, depending on the seasons and the water level, upstream or downstream of the river for some families. They often live on temporary islands created by rushes, or even partially create them by drying out the banks of an islet.
Forced to settle down under the reign of Cheikhou Amadou (1810-1844) , they remained nomads and returned to their straw huts for a few months of fishing after the rainy season.