Marionette "meren" · Mali, Bozo · ID: 3043986
Price
EUR 900
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
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 part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction on July 7, 2018, lot number 163 at that time and is currently available for EUR 900 in Open sale.
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Publications
Bless, F. & A. Panday, Bozo-Mali, Njmegen 2000