Puppet head
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Bamana style
Medium
Wood, pigment, plastic
Geography
Mali
Date
before 1983
Dimensions
49 × 11.2 × 10 cm
Object number
2009.126.1
Credit Line
Donated by Esther Amrad Dagan in memory of her daughter Halit, and in homage to unknown African artists
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
Bamana puppet performances are put on by the young men’s association as entertainment, in various celebrations. Accompanied by drumming and song, these puppets may depict the ideal woman, recount ancestral or local stories, or satirize strangers, Europeans, and “modern” Malians.
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