Standing male figure "bateba yadawora" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3033362

Description

wood, partly encrusted brown patina, sacrificial traces, slender body, the right hand grasping the chin, dam., missing parts (left arm, heel, foot tip), on base;
sad “bateba” (“bateba yadawora”) are not dealing with witchcraft. They directly contact the inhabitants of the house were they were kept on special shrines. They express deep grief with different gestures and adopt the suffering of their owners.

The object Standing male figure “bateba yadawora” with the object ID 3033362 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 228.

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