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Four small figures - Burkina Faso, Lobi

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Description

wood, matt, greyish brown patina, a pair of figures "bateba phuwe" (male/female), min. dam., fissures; a single figure "bateba phuwe" with "phisa" coiffure, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion; additional: a "bateba" in form of a copulating couple, min. dam.
H: 16,5 cm - 18,5 cm
Provenance:
Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, Germany
Lit.: Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 112
Continent: Africa

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Four small figures - Burkina Faso, Lobi

Name: Four small figures - Burkina Faso, Lobi
SKU: 28924400
Price: 200 EUR
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