Zemanek-Münster

Fragment of an ancestor figure "thilkotina"

Burkina Faso, Lobi
Vendu 2 700 €
Provenance
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Taille
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch

Description

wood, white pigment, clay, unusual: the circular framing of the big eyes, as well as the extremely broad and square shoulders, according to D. Bognolo classified as “jaa-pwa” style or “kelkoa”, extreme traces of insect caused damage and encrustations with clay, nevertheless artificial and expressive in effect, socle


Littérature comparée

Bognolo, Daniela, Lobi, Milan 2007, ill. 15 Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, ill. 42 ff.

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