Male figure "bateba ti puo" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3046798

Description

wood, encrusted patina, base

This figure belongs to the type of “dangerous persons” (“ti puo”). With its explicit defensive posture, it is supposed to block invisible enemies from entering the house and is also considered effective in the fight against witches.

The object Male figure “bateba ti puo” with the object ID 3046798 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 125.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 88, ill. 83

Publications

AHDRC: 0158715