Figural pendant "bateba" - Burkina Faso, Lobi
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copper alloy (bronze, brass),
According to Wilfried Glar, this early piece was probably made for a Lobi around 1900 by a skilled Mande-based caster. According to Klaus Schneider, the Lobi learned casting only after 1920.
H: 8,3 cm, H: 3,3 inch
Provenance:
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, Germany
AHDRC: 0204135
Lit.: Schneider, Klaus, Handwerk und materialisierte Kultur der Lobi in Burkina Faso, Stuttgart 1990
According to Wilfried Glar, this early piece was probably made for a Lobi around 1900 by a skilled Mande-based caster. According to Klaus Schneider, the Lobi learned casting only after 1920.
H: 8,3 cm, H: 3,3 inch
Provenance:
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, Germany
AHDRC: 0204135
Lit.: Schneider, Klaus, Handwerk und materialisierte Kultur der Lobi in Burkina Faso, Stuttgart 1990
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Figural pendant "bateba" - Burkina Faso, Lobi
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