Janiform puppet head ·  Mali, Bamana/Malinke · ID: 3043496

Description

wood, brown patina, metal sheet, identical faces, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, base.
Belonging to a puppet figure “merekun”. 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.

The object Janiform puppet head with the object ID 3043496 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 152 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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