Small protective figure "bateba yadawora" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3040929
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Galerie Noir d’Ivoire, Paris, FranceHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1997)
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, fine carved, unusual: two left hands, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
“bateba yadawora” (= “sad bateba”) express deep grief with different gestures and adopt the suffering of their owners.
The object Small protective figure “bateba yadawora” with the object ID 3040929 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 166 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, ill. 123