Standing male figure with pipe · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3042291
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Provenance
Petra und Stephan Herkenhoff, Osnabrück, GermanyFloros Katsouros, Hannover, Germany
Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Size
H: 59,5 cm
H: 23.4 inch
Description
light wood, matt greyish brown patina, partly encrusted, extremely high-legged, arms shortened, striking broad neck and large face, marked by a flat nose with hanging tip and slanted eyes, grooved coiffure, bulky feet, slightly dam. (coiffure, mouth), missing parts (left foot) through insect caused damage and weathering, abrasion of paint;
a work by the “Master of the almond eyes”.
probably belonging to the type of “bateba yadawora” (“sad bateba”) who express deep grief with different gestures and adopt the suffering of their owners.
Comparing literature
Keller, Thomas & Floros Katsouros, Lobi Statuary: "Glasses", Lully 2014, p. 65, ill. M3-60
Publications
Katsouros, Floros, Lobi Skulpturen aus der Kollektion Katsouros, Hannover 2002, p. 38AHDRC: 0142124