Puppet: "Minan" (Antelope)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 2007
label: Collection Date
content: 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Bafing Kane
notes: label: Notes
content: Antelope rod puppet head articulated by a rod. The mouth is articulated by string while ears and horns are secured in place with nails. The puppet is painted black, silver, white, green and red. The mouth and nostrils are red, the top part of head is painted white with black and green patterns, and the underside of jaw is silver. The horns and ears are painted black with silver decorations (striped for horns, dotted for ears). Sitting on top of the antelope's head is a small female figure (called "maani", or little person). Figure is painted yellow, with black hair, and green lines on forehead and ears. It is articulated at the base and its articulated arms are carved into bent position. The figure wears a dress made from industrially printed cloth. Nails on the hands suggest that the figure may have originally been holding another object.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kounzana, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bamana (Bambara)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387038
label: USNM Number
content: E428649-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Height - Entire Structure
content: 115 cm
label: Length - Head (Top To Snout)
content: 30.5 cm
label: Width - Head (Ear To Ear)
content: 13 cm