Bird figure ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035751

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”.

The object Bird figure with the object ID 3035751 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 162 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 113 f.