• Director(s):

    PORTRON (Jean-Loïc)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, PROGRAM 33

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2008

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET

This Boli, today housed in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, where it is among the most astonishing pieces, was collected in 1931 on the Dakar-Djibouti mission.

In Mali, the Boli are sacred objects used in secret worship. The Boli is the manifestation of vital strength, of the energy of a divine spirit for whom it serves as a receptacle.