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Head sculpture "baathil" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3041738

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


The object Head sculpture “baathil” with the object ID 3041738 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 10 achieved a sales price of EUR 10,000 with an asking price of EUR 4,500.

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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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