Seated female "bateba" figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny dark brown patina, star-shaped base, overlength arms almost reaching to the feet, small hole on top of the head, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
presumably representing the type of “paralyzed bateba” - “bateba bambar”. Because they cannot move, they have to watch the house.