Standing female figure "bateba phuwe" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035280

Description

wood, beamless brown patina, encrusted with clay, bulky feet, the right arm a little shorter than the left, symmetrically arranged and accentuated cut facial features, slightly dam., crack (left shoulder), metal socle;
the Lobi differentiate between four types of “bateba” protective figures: “bateba phuwe” (the so-called “ordinary bateba”), “bateba bambar” (“paralyzed bateba”), “bateba ti puo” (“dangerous persons”) and “bateba ti bala” (“the extraordinary persons”).

The object Standing female figure “bateba phuwe” with the object ID 3035280 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 132.

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