Figure féminine assise avec deux enfants ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3045356

Description

wood, separately worked arms/ legs, cowry snails, rep., base

Probably a “bateba” figure that should help women to have children. In many cases, “bateba” with corresponding gestures anticipate events that are supposed to imitate people - in this case, to keep two children in one’s lap.