Puppet (Maani) of a man for the Animals Come Forth (Sogo bò) masquerade

Bamana/Bozo, Mid-20th century

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Bamana/Bozo, Mid-20th century

Physical Qualities Wood, cotton, metal, polychrome, 45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland

Object Number 1988.1408

Bamana

Meet Bamana

Meet Bozo

Bamana

Mud-print (Bogolan) Wrapper

20th century

Honoré Daumier, Arnaud de Vresse, and others

Here is a gentleman who comes to fish here every day from morning till evening

1866

Bamana

Female Figure (Jonyeleni)

20th century

Honoré Daumier, Aubert, and others

The mother - Isn't he cute licking his barley sugar candy!!!...One would think a young man of twenty years!... He absolutely must become a lawyer...

1838

Bamana

Male Antelope Headdress (Tyiwara)

20th century

George Benjamin Luks and Frederick J. Quinby Company

"Ah, you've come at last, young man"

1904

H. Mensier

Animals in Human Clothing

n.d.