Two bird sculptures "lumbr" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3051674
Price
EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 1994, lot 48Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Size
H: 24 cm & 18 cm
H: 9.4 inch & 7.1 inch
Description
wood, each mounted on base
Such bird sculptures were made and placed on shrines by command of the “thila”. They were supposed to warn their owners of impending danger.
Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 113