Bird sculpture "lumbr" - Burkina Faso, Lobi
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wood, light brown patina, high-legged, craning head with long pointed beak, slightly dam., crack, abrasion of paint, base;
aside of anthropomorphic "bateba" figures the Lobi carved various animal sculptures, mostly birds, which served to protect their owner by warning him of threatening danger.
H: 11 cm, H: 4,3 inch
Provenance:
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)
Lit.: Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 113
Continent: Africa
aside of anthropomorphic "bateba" figures the Lobi carved various animal sculptures, mostly birds, which served to protect their owner by warning him of threatening danger.
H: 11 cm, H: 4,3 inch
Provenance:
Gerard Sand, Brussels, Belgium
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1996)
Lit.: Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 113
Continent: Africa
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Bird sculpture "lumbr" - Burkina Faso, Lobi
Estimate €200 - €400
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