Maternité "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
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.