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Figural pendant "bateba" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3050870

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Provenance
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, Germany
Size
H: 8,3 cm
H: 3.3 inch

Description

copper alloy (bronze, brass),

According to Wilfried Glar, this early piece was probably made for a Lobi around 1900 by a skilled Mande-based caster. According to Klaus Schneider, the Lobi learned casting only after 1920.


The object Figural pendant “bateba” with the object ID 3050870 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 121.

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Comparing literature

Schneider, Klaus, Handwerk und materialisierte Kultur der Lobi in Burkina Faso, Stuttgart 1990


Publications

AHDRC: 0204135


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