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THB20th C. Bamana Wood & Cloth Marionette Puppet Head
Lot 99
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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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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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Many Oceanic pieces from an important Tucson, Arizona collection, first time at auction!! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
West Africa, Mali, Bamana people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fine marionette puppet head known as a "Bala kono kun" (literally Head of the River Bird) used for ceremonial teachings and festivals. The head has a lengthy top beak and an articulated jaw with a small handle hidden by a swath of orange, white, and black cloth with floral motifs. The bird head is topped with a multi-tiered finial boasting a pair of small loops, and the composition is painted with thick layers of yellow, black, white, and red pigment. Size: 28.5" L x 36" H (72.4 cm x 91.4 cm); 38" H (96.5 cm) on included custom stand.
Sogo Bo is a major festival that takes place twice a year in Mali where the participants, dressed in garments made from vibrant African fabrics, don zoomorphic and human-shaped puppet masks and process through the streets in celebration - with an additional important purpose of reenacting myths and legends concerning the cosmos and their ancestors as well as new aspects of the contemporary world.
See "The Colorful Sogo Bo Puppets of Mali" by Mary Sue Rosen and Paul Peter Rosen (Atglen, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2012) for similar examples.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Paul and Sue Rosen collection
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#141392Jaw is removable and is loose within its housing. Light tearing to cloth wrap, with light nicks to beak and head, fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.Condition
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