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A Very Old Lobi Bateba Maternity Shrine sculpture

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A Very Old Lobi Bateba Maternity Shrine sculpture

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A carved wooden effigy of a mother and child with a stylized female holding her child, and heavily eroded legs and torso suggesting a long period on the shrine and exposed to the elements. Lobi peoples, Burkina Faso, Africa. The figure measures 19 inches tall, 24.5 inches tall on metal display stand. Provenance: Ex Tribal Gatherings Gallery before 2006,Pennsylvania, Dr Brian Healy estate, NY

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Fair, eroded

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A Very Old Lobi Bateba Maternity Shrine sculpture

Name: A Very Old Lobi Bateba Maternity Shrine sculpture
SKU: 75457047
Price: 200 USD
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