Tête de marionnette janiforme ·  Mali, Bamana/Malinké · ID: 3043496

Description

wood, brown patina, metal sheet, identical faces, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, 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.