Bamana Power Figure (Boli) spindlewhorls This particular example was salvaged

This particular example was salvaged from a shipwreck

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Bamana Power Figure (Boli) spindlewhorls This particular example was salvagedBamana people, early to mid 20th century, Mali, West Africa An exceptional aged power figure and ritual object, known as a boli, composed around a wooden or bamboo core and overmodeled with layers of powerful organic and symbolic substances mud, iron nails, cowrie shells, eggs, bird beaks, white cloth, ritual plants, bark, venom, chewed kola nuts, menstrual blood, urine, honey, beer, animal and human placentas, and excrement. Over time, sacrificial