Puppet head ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3041927

Description

wood, partly encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, handwritten collection label “53” at the side, min. dam., missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion, 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 Puppet head with the object ID 3041927 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 121.

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