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THB20th C. African Mali Bamara Wooden Puppet, ex-Museum
Lot 127
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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End-of-Summer Clearance sale featuring discounted pricing on antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Viking, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Africa, Mali, Bamana / Bambara, ca. 1905. A hand-carved wooden puppet with a pronounced head presenting skillfully delineated facial features, a coiffure segmented into incised lobes, a disk-shaped headdress, and a cotton garment. The arms (one with a paddle-shaped hand, the other with delineated fingers) are separately carved and may be moved via long poles hidden beneath garment. The Bambara puppetry tradition is the oldest of Africa's surviving puppetry traditions. Size: 21" W x 32" H (53.3 cm x 81.3 cm)
The puppets traditionally have been used for ceremonies and rituals to ask the gods for rains and resulting crops. According to legend, bush country spirits who kidnapped fisherman created such Malinese puppets, and while kidnapped by the spirits, these fisherman learned the art of puppetry. Upon returning home, they then taught their community how to create puppetry.
Provenance: ex-private Frank and Theresa Caplan collection, purchased in 1983 from Munyoki Musyoka in Princeton, New Jersey; donated to Children's Museum of Indianapolis in 1985 (85.1.15407)
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#152187A few tears to the back of the garment. Brown coloring of the garment is likely a natural dye. Wooden elements show minor surface wear with scuffs and a few old chips. Nice pigment on the face (red lips, white decoration on forehead, and black eyes) remains. Minor losses to tips of rods used to move arms of puppet, but these still work nicely.Condition
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