Standing male figure "bateba yadawora" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3051819
Rolf Gillhausen, Hamburg, Germany
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.
The object Standing male figure “bateba yadawora” with the object ID 3051819 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 270.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 104
Publications
Expo cat.: Galerie Simonis, "Afrikanische Kunst", Düsseldorf (n. d.)