Bird figure ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035751

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, long-legged, neck with blackened ring surmounted by a stylized head in form of a triangle, min. dam., crack (base), wooden base;
similar to “bateba” these animal figures act as protectors and afford communication between man and the spiritual beings “thila”.

Littérature comparée

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 113 f.