Standing male figure "bateba yadawora" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3051819
Price
EUR 4,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, GermanyRolf Gillhausen, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 79 cm
H: 31.1 inch
Description
wood, clay incrustations, base
A beautiful, elegant figure with elongated limbs and symmetrically arranged, clearly defined body and facial features.
According to Meyer, these “bateba” figures show mourning gestures that the Lobi also display at the funerals of loved ones and in other situations of suffering. According to his interpretation, the “bateba yadawora” took on the suffering that their owner would otherwise have to endure.
Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 104