Seated figure "bateba bambar" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3038159
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Provenance
Didier Claes, Brussels, BelgiumZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 2. Mai 2007, lot 164
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 40,5 cm
H: 15.9 inch
Description
wood, matt dark brown patina, encrusted with kaolin, legs stretched out, head with crested coiffure and well-balanced facial features, min. dam., cracks, rep. (at the back of the coiffure), base;
figures depicted in sitting posture were called “paralyzed bateba” - “bateba bambar”. As they cannot move because of paralysis, they guard the house.
The object Seated figure “bateba bambar” with the object ID 3038159 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 153.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, ill. 166