Fragment of an ancestor figure "thilkotina" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035631

Description

wood, white pigment, clay, unusual: the circular framing of the big eyes, as well as the extremely broad and square shoulders, according to D. Bognolo classified as “jaa-pwa” style or “kelkoa”, extreme traces of insect caused damage and encrustations with clay, nevertheless artificial and expressive in effect, socle

The object Fragment of an ancestor figure “thilkotina” with the object ID 3035631 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 133 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,700 with an asking price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Bognolo, Daniela, Lobi, Milan 2007, ill. 15 Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, ill. 42 ff.