Standing male protective figure "bateba" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3034055
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Provenance
Thomas Waigel, Pfinztal, GermanyGerman Private Collection
Size
H: 19,5 cm
H: 7.7 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, block-like upper part of the body and rectangular back, clear cut accentuated facial features, slightly dam. (cheeks, lower lip), on block-like base;
because of the big vaulted eyes assigned to the “carver of the pop-eyes”.
The object Standing male protective figure “bateba” with the object ID 3034055 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 137.
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Publications
Herkenhoff, Katsouros, Anonyme Schnitzer der Lobi, Hannover 2006, p. 164