Figural pendant "bateba" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3050872
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, GermanySize
H: 7,5 cm
H: 3.0 inch
Description
copper alloy (bronze, brass),
According to Piet Meyer people used these “bateba” pendants to be protected against witchcraft etc. They come in various designs.
The gesture of putting one hand (or both) to the mouth serves to express grief and is characteristic of the type of “bateba yadawora”, the “sad bateba” (Meyer, 1981, p. 104).
The object Figural pendant “bateba” with the object ID 3050872 was part of the auction 102nd Auction on April 13, 2024. The object with the lot number 119 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 104