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Female Marionette ("Merekun")

20th century
20th C.
Africa, Mali
23 x 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (58.4 x 14.9 x 12.4 cm)

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Artist unknown

Culture/People: Marka peoples

Object Type: Metalwork

Medium: Wood with traces of pigment, aluminum, cord pom-poms

Credit Line: Committee for Art Acquisitions Fund

Accession Number: 1983.7

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Marka
Use to describe works produced by the African ethnic group of the same name living in Burkina Faso. [March 1998 scope note added; lead-ins added, "Dafi, Dafing, Southern Marka"; descriptor moved, was NT to "Bamana".]

Soninke (African people)
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Marka (African people)
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Southern Marka
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Marka, Southern
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Bamana

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Banmana
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Bamana (African people)
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Bambara (African people)
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puppetry (performing arts)
The art of presenting puppet shows or performing using puppets. [September 1993 descriptor added.]

puppet theaters
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puppet theater
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theater, puppet
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puppetry
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puppeteers
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puppetry (object-making)
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puppets
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marionettes
Puppets manipulated from above by strings attached to their jointed limbs. RHDEL2

puppets, string
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string puppets
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marionette
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