Anthropomorphic head ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3038314

Description

fired clay, remains of red and black paint, beautiful modelled regular facial features, hairdo in five lobes, fragmentary;
two kinds of objects from clay “jar” were made for the “thila”, receptacles and “bateba” figures, both were used on shrines. The specialists who made them were called “bateba me” - “bateba builder” and “blo me” - “pot builder”. According to Piet Meyer, human figures with such human heads from fired clay were found in areas where the “natye” and “uer” cult had been established.

L’objet Anthropomorphic head avec l’ID d’objet 3038314 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 79th Tribal Art Auction dans 21 mars 2015 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 147 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 156 ff.