A Bamana couple

A Bamana couple, Kondoron Soné and Simbo Dozo Ba, collected in Tarokiena village, region de Dora, ca 60 km from Segou on the other side of the river; high aged with longlasting ritual use.

Simbo is a common Mande name. The title Dozo indicates a hunter, often associated with traditional initiation societies and esoteric knowledge. Ba means "big" or "senior" in Bamanankan, so Simbo Dozo Ba could be translated as "Simbo, the senior hunter".

July 2015, Daba Diarra in the garden in front of our house in Segou. 

In the YouTube video “A Dokamissa sculpture – Informations by Daba Diarra,” Daba Diarra presents and discusses a Dokamissa sculpture from Toumakoro, a village near Ségou, Mali. He explains its stylistic features and ritual use, likely related to fertility or female ancestral veneration. Diarra shares this information in Bamanankan, showing his deep local knowledge as a traditional expert in African Art from the central Segou region.

Height: 78 cm / 65 cm
Weight: 2,9 kg / 3 kg