Figure féminine de sanctuaire ·  Burkina Faso, région de Nako, Lobi / Pwa/ Puguli (Pougouli)/ Jaa · ID: 3047351

Description

wood, rest. (left arm and part of the right leg), base

This figure can be assigned to the so-called “Kelkoa style”. Characteristic for this style are especially the prominent eyes, which are surrounded by concentric rings. This characteristic gave the sculptures the somewhat flappy name “Lobi with glasses”. According to information collected on site, this special form of the eyes is said to reproduce the facial expression of a possessed person (Fischer / Homberger 2014, p. 189).

A stylistically very similar figure illustrated in Fischer / Homberger, p. 192, ill. 263. Both figures show great similarities in body structure (massive angular shoulder area, broad, short neck) and, in addition to the striking eye shape, show an unusually disc-shaped, flattened mouth and noticeably deep-set ears.

L’objet Figure féminine de sanctuaire avec l’ID d’objet 3047351 a fait partie de l’enchère 96e Vente aux enchères en 24 avril 2021 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 166.

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Littérature comparée

Fischer, Eberhard & Lorenz Homberger, Afrikanische Meister, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 2014, p. 192, ill. 263 Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, ill. 42 f.

Publications

Carini, Vittorio, "A Hidden Heritage, Sculture africane in collezioni private italiane", Milano 2004, ill. 50

Exposition

Milan, Italy: "A Hidden Heritage, Sculture africane in collezioni private italiane", Galleria Dalton Somaré, 2004