Protective figure "bateba phuwe" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3031048

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, a slender well-balanced body with elaborate carved and regular facial features, earring with cowrie shell pendant on the right (missing on the left), missing parts through insect caused damage (above all backside, left leg, back of the head), cracks, base

The object Protective figure “bateba phuwe” with the object ID 3031048 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 173 achieved a sales price of EUR 380.

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