Bird sculpture "lumbr"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Vendu
200 €
Provenance
Gerard Sand, Brussels, BelgiumHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)
Taille
H: 11 cm
H: 4.3 inch
Description
wood, light brown patina, high-legged, craning head with long pointed beak, slightly dam., crack, abrasion of paint, base;
aside of anthropomorphic “bateba” figures the Lobi carved various animal sculptures, mostly birds, which served to protect their owner by warning him of threatening danger.