Small protective figure "bateba yadawora" · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3040929
Vendu
4 000 €
Provenance
Galerie Noir d’Ivoire, Paris, FranceHans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1997)
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, fine carved, unusual: two left hands, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
“bateba yadawora” (= “sad bateba”) express deep grief with different gestures and adopt the suffering of their owners.
Littérature comparée
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, ill. 123