Female marionette "merekun"
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89th Tribal Art AuctionFemale marionette "merekun"
Mali, Bamana
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Alain Bovis, Paris, France French Private Collection |
H: 27.6 inch | sold |
wood, metal sheet, rep., base
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.
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 90