Hermaphrodite protective figure "bateba" with "phisa" hairstyle · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3049661
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Description
wood, strongly encrusted patina, handwritten inventory number “1327”, base
The order to have a figure sculpted the people receive from the “thila”, invisible beings provided with supernatural powers and skills, who serve as mediators between god and the people.
Such figures are kept in shrines as living personages that see, communicate and intervene in the life of Lobi villages in warding off disease or witchcraft.
The object Hermaphrodite protective figure “bateba” with “phisa” hairstyle with the object ID 3049661 was part of the auction 101st Auction on November 11, 2023. The object with the lot number 121 achieved a sales price of EUR 800 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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