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Lobi Figure, Tribal Art

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Lobi, Burkina Faso
H 24 cm.

Provenienz:
- Privatsammlung, Orleans.
- franzoesische Privatsammlung.

bateba-Schreinfiguren der Lobi vereinten menschenaehnliches Aussehen mit uebermenschlichen Qualitaeten. Sie schuetzten ihre Besitzer vor unzugaenglichen Bereichen wie boesen Gedanken und Hexerei.

Weiterfuehrende Literatur: Scanzi, Giovanni Franco (1993). L`art traditionnel Lobi. Milano: Ed. Milanos.

CHF 100 / 200
EUR 94 / 188

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Lobi Figure, Tribal Art

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