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Boli

Scope note

Use for Bamana zoomorphic sculptures, which serve as portable altars for the Komo association, and which are usually shaped in the form of a cow, with the insides containing materials such as animal bones, vegetable matter, honey, metal, and covered with a thick coating of earth

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262955

Broader Terms used

<sculpture by function>

Term used for

boliw

Created

13yrs ago

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