Puppet: "Kononi" (little bird)
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: Bird puppet with articulated wings that is operated by a rope threaded through a hole in the bottom of the body, The beak is attached by a metal clamp. The body and wings are covered with cloth that is secured with nails. The Bird is painted in yellow and red paint, white and black used for eyes. The bird is attached to a wooden platform by a rope. The platform consists of a wooden block with handle carved on the end and criss-cross design carved in two rows in the middle. The connecting rope is threaded through a hole through the center of the entire block of wood, lengthwise, and through a hole in bottom of bird. Wooden attachment decorated in zigzag pattern with black, red and white paints. The criss-cross section (indented in wood) is painted with red and yellow paints. Partially detached piece of metal on wooden attachment (by the handle), one side secured with nails, with "LC4A" engraved on it.
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387038
label: USNM Number
content: E428646-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Width - Wingspan
content: 53 cm
label: Height - Bird
content: 20.5 cm
label: Length - Bird
content: 31 cm
label: Length - Wooden Attachment
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Wooden Attachment
content: 9 cm