Marionette "meren"

Mali, Bozo

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	H: 18.1 inch	900 EUR plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

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.

Bless, F. & A. Panday, Bozo-Mali, Njmegen 2000

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