Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Marionette "meren", Mali, Bozo, Size: H: 46 cm (H: 18.1 inch), ID: 3043986
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Lot 163
89th Tribal Art Auction

Marionette "meren" ·  Mali, Bozo · ID: 3043986

Not available anymore
Provenance
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Size
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch

Description

wood, mother-of-pearl buttons, fabric, base

Among the Bamana and Bozo peoples, puppets are used to tell stories and sometimes satirize conventional customs or important persons.

The object Marionette “meren” with the object ID 3043986 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 163.

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Publications

Bless, F. & A. Panday, Bozo-Mali, Njmegen 2000

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