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Figure féminine debout "bateba phuwe", Burkina Faso, Lobi, Taille: H: 48 cm (H: 18.9 inch), ID: 3052238
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Figure féminine debout "bateba phuwe" ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3052238

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Provenance
Sotheby’s, Paris, France, 8 June 2007, lot 46
Taille
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch

Description

wood, pigments, missing part, rest., base

“bateba” figures serve as intermediaries between the human world and the spirit of “thila”. Once they are placed on an altar, they are inhabited by the corresponding ‘thil’ spirit, which is supposed to protect them and bring them wealth..

Publications

AHDRC: 0004834

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