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Figural pendant "bateba" - Burkina Faso, Lobi

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Protective figure "bateba phuwe" - Burkina Faso, Lobi: wood, black paint, partly encrusted, beautiful work of carving, traces of old age and usage, abrasion of paint, base H: 18 cm, H: 7,1 inch Provenance: Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Rati

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A LOBI "BATEBA" FIGURE: Figur, "bateba" Lobi, Burkina Faso Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 67 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich. bateba-Schreinfiguren der Lobi vereinten menschenähnliches Aussehen

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A Lobi Figure, "bateba": Figur, "bateba" Lobi, Burkina Faso Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 52 cm. Provenienz: Provenienz: - Sammlung Peter Stettler (1939-1998) und Erica Stettler-Schnell (geb. 1940). - Galerie Walu, Basel. ba

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Figural pendant "bateba" - Burkina Faso, Lobi

Item Details

Description

copper alloy (bronze, brass),

According to Piet Meyer people used these "bateba" pendants to be protected against witchcraft etc. They come in various designs.

The gesture of putting one hand (or both) to the mouth serves to express grief and is characteristic of the type of "bateba yadawora", the "sad bateba" (Meyer, 1981, p. 104).
H: 7,5 cm, H: 3,0 inch

Provenance:
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, Germany

Lit.: Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 104