Abstract
This article argues that an anthropology of art can only be valid as it integrates the art form and the socio‐cultural context, using data from Bamana (peoples from the region of Bamako in Mali) drama performances. It is shown how cultural knowledge and social activity is situationally used to contextualize aesthetic experience.
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