Standing male figure "bateba yadawora" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3034180

Description

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, slender body, the left hand grasping the chin, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
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 3034180 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 79 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 104 f.