Bird figure · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035751
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 25,5 cm
H: 10.0 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, long-legged, neck with blackened ring surmounted by a stylized head in form of a triangle, min. dam., crack (base), wooden base;
similar to “bateba” these animal figures act as protectors and afford communication between man and the spiritual beings “thila”.
Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 113 f.