Bamana Power Figure (Boli) pottery Such palanquins were used as

Such palanquins were used as luxurious transport for the Chinese elite

The multi-tiered composition may symbolize cosmological or social hierarchies

org/Indus_Valley_Civilization/)

beaded necklaces

kanglings)

Bamana Power Figure (Boli) pottery Such palanquins were used asBamana people, early to mid 20th century, Mali, West Africa An exceptional and rare Bamana boli power figure, constructed from a tortoise shell heavily over modelled with layers of potent organic and mineral materialsmud, eggs, cloth, goat horn, honey, beer, and human and animal excrement. Over decades of ritual use, its dense, crusted surface has accumulated further sacrificial offerings including blood, millet porridge, and alcohol, each application