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Bamana, Bozo, and others

Female Puppet (Jiné-Faro)

Bamana/Bozo/Somono/Maraka/Malinke, 1900-1999

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Female Puppet (Jiné-Faro)

Bamana/Bozo/Somono/Maraka/Malinke, 1900-1999

Physical Qualities Wood, cotton, fiber, polychrome, 36 3/4 in. (93.4 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1988.1407
with a small female figure on each moveable arm
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.273, ill.

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Bamana

2000–2000

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Bozo

2000–2000

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Somono

2000–2000

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Maraka

2000–2000

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Malinke

2000–2000

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