Bird figure

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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”.

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Comparing literature

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

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