Female marionette "merekun", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 70 cm (H: 27.6 inch), ID: 3043806

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Lot 155

89th Tribal Art Auction

Female marionette "merekun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3043806

sold EUR 2,500

Provenance

Alain Bovis, Paris, France
French Private Collection

Size

H: 70 cm

H: 27.6 inch

Description

wood, metal sheet, rep., base

The puppet theatre “sogo bò” is subject to the patronage of “kamalen ton”, a society of boys coming from one village community. The theatre consists of a sequence of singular scenes, interrupted by short performances of singing and dancing.

Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 90

Publications

Galerie Alain Bovis, Bambara, Dogon, Sénoufo, Paris, 2005, p. 24, ill. 10

AHDRC: 0077062

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