BOBO HELMET 9, Burkina Faso

 

Photographs © Tim Hamill

BOBO, Helmet 9, 13", $300, SOLD, Burkina Faso

In traditional Africa, helmets were used not only as protection, but also to show status or rank. They can be carved from wood, cast in bronze or woven and embellished with horns, symbolic forms, cloth, cowries, metal strips and beads.

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