Standing female protective figure "bateba phuwe" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035779
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Description
wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, both hands resting underneath the bulging abdomen, broad eyes with narrow slits, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts and traces of weathering at both feet (above all on the right), rep. (left leg), base;
the unusual and prominent form of the nose shows the figure to be a work of the “master of the hook-nosed figures”.
The object Standing female protective figure “bateba phuwe” with the object ID 3035779 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 69 achieved a sales price of EUR 180.
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Comparing literature
Katsouros, Floros, Lobi, Der Meister der Hakennasenfiguren, Hannover 2012