Marionette "meren"
Mali, Bozo
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.