Standing male "bateba" figure with pipe · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3049476
Floros Katsouros, Hannover, Germany
Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, 86. Tribal Art Auction, Vol. II, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 214
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Description
wood, pigments, base
For figures of the same workshop see Katsouros, 2002, p. 38, ill. 54 b, c, d - as well as AHDRC 0005133 & 0005139.
All figures show great similarities in physiognomy, especially with regard to the shape and strikingly asymmetrical arrangement of the eyes, as well as with regard to the particularly prominent noses.
The object Standing male “bateba” figure with pipe with the object ID 3049476 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 39.
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Publications
Katsouros, Floros, "Lobi Skulpturen aus der Kollektion Katsouros", Hannover 2002, p. 38, ill. 54 a
AHDRC: 0142124