Vintage Bird Head Mask Bobo Upper Volta

Vintage Bird Head Mask Bobo 

Wood, hand-carved 

Origin: Republic of Upper Volta (West Africa)/Burkina Faso

The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso. Bobo is also a shortened name of the second-largest city in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso.

The Bobo number about 110,000 people, with the great majority in Burkina Faso.