Small figure "bateba"
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Small figure "bateba"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden | H: 9.8 inch | 800 EUR |
wood, base
This figure belongs to the type of the sad "bateba" - "bateba yadawora". For despite the fragmentary condition it is still recognizable that a hand is placed on the chin. A gesture which the Lobi regard as an expression of deepest grief and which can be observed at funerals and in other situations of suffering.