Zemanek-Münster

Head sculpture "baathil"

Burkina Faso, Lobi
sold EUR 10,000
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, remains of pigments, rising from columnar neck, carved with tribe-typical facial features and “phisa” coiffure, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

Bognolo, Daniela, Lobi, Mailand 2007, p. 136

Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 63; Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 101, ill. 108

AHDRC: 0005377


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