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20th C. Lobi Wooden Bateba Phuwe Figure

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Item Details

Description

**Originally Listed At $200**

West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden male figure with delineated legs, a distended abdomen, slender arms hanging next to the torso, and lightly-rounded shoulders. The enlarged head boasts cupped ears, bulging almond-shaped eyes, a triangular nose, and tab-shaped lips, all beneath a central hair crest. Given this figure's protective role, it was most likely placed on or around an altar as part of a group of various 'bateba' figures (literal translation of bateba phuwe is "normal/ordinary wooden carved figure"). The precise meaning of each figure's shape and posture is difficult to ascertain, since these carvings were created as the result of a seer's vision for an afflicted individual who was suffering a particular malady. Size: 4.5" W x 27.625" H (11.4 cm x 70.2 cm); 29.4" H (74.7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-Estate of R. Pearson, Denver, Colorado, USA; Mr. Pearson collected from the third quarter of the 20th century until he passed away.

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Condition

Losses and minor abrasions to areas of head, body, legs, and feet, with light encrustations within some recessed areas, and extensive insect damage. Light earthen deposits and fine patina throughout.