Standing female protective figure "bateba phuwe" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035804

Description

wood, matt greyish brown patina, simple and square-edged forms, linear incisions marking coiffure and scarification marks, slightly dam., cracks, base;
a work of the “master of the pentagonal ears”.

The object Standing female protective figure “bateba phuwe” with the object ID 3035804 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 67 achieved a sales price of EUR 270.

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