Standing figure "bateba phuwe" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3032666

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, sacrificial traces, closed contours, slightly asymmetrical stature and facial features, crowned by a “phisa” coiffure, min. dam., fissures, minor missing parts, on metal plate;
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”). Present figure belongs to the type of “ordinary bateba”, because it shows no special gesture or any physiological symptom.

The object Standing figure “bateba phuwe” with the object ID 3032666 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 172 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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