Auction 104
Zemanek-Münster

Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"

Burkina Faso, Lobi, Biniathe Kambire
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
German Private Collection
Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch

Description

wood,

The religious world view of the Lobi encompasses various categories of supernatural beings. The omnipresent but unapproachable creator god ‘thangba’, who created humans and later also animals, hovers above them all.


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