Standing male figure with pipe · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3042291
Floros Katsouros, Hannover, Germany
Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
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.
The object Standing male figure with pipe with the object ID 3042291 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 214.
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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. 38
AHDRC: 0142124