Lot: 155

89e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Marionnette féminine "merekun"

Mali, Bamana

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
French Private Collection
H: 70 cm Vendu

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
Galerie Alain Bovis, Bambara, Dogon, Sénoufo, Paris, 2005, p. 24, ill. 10