Janiform puppet head · Mali, Bamana/Malinke · ID: 3043496
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
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.