Puppet

Museum number:
5-13704
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013704
Alternate number:
B-1113 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3446
Description:
Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Paris, Ile-De-France, Île-de-France
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali/ Guinea/ Senegal; Bambara (purchased in Paris)
Production place:
Western Africa
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Marionettes (stringed puppets)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 19, 1978
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967, #15.B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 118C
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 5-13704, described as Bambara antelope “Marionette” (Puppet).

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