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Figural pendant "bateba", Burkina Faso, Lobi, Size: H: 8,3 cm (H: 3.3 inch), ID: 3050870
Figural pendant "bateba", Burkina Faso, Lobi, Size: H: 8,3 cm (H: 3.3 inch), ID: 3050870 - 2/4 Figural pendant "bateba", Burkina Faso, Lobi, Size: H: 8,3 cm (H: 3.3 inch), ID: 3050870 - 3/4 Figural pendant "bateba", Burkina Faso, Lobi, Size: H: 8,3 cm (H: 3.3 inch), ID: 3050870 - 4/4
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Lot 121
102nd Auction

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.

Comparing literature

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

Publications

AHDRC: 0204135

Africa

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