Figural pendant "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Provenance
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, GermanySize
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.
Comparing literature
Schneider, Klaus, Handwerk und materialisierte Kultur der Lobi in Burkina Faso, Stuttgart 1990Publications
AHDRC: 0204135