Puppet "merekun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3045245
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 14 December 1989, lot 73Size
H: 40 cm (marionette) / 83 cm (with costume)
H: 15.7 inch (marionette) / 32.7 inch (with costume)
Description
wood, colour pigments, fabric,
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 “merekun” with the object ID 3045245 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 118 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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