Maternité "bateba" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3041549
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 30 November 2013, lot 73
Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, stained blackish brown patina, slightly dam. (foot), cracks, sacrificial traces, base;
a work of the carver Lunkena Pale from Gaoua;
the female carrying a child is used in magical practices to drive off an evil spirit that is dangerous for a pregnant woman. The fact of ritually “tying” the object to the woman makes a link between her pregnancy and the carved image of her future motherhood so that the evil spirit will enter the object instead of her womb.
Comparing literature
Bognolo, Daniela, Lobi, Milan 2007, pl. 34