Lobi, Batebi Phuwè: Probable provenance, Passen area of \u200b\u200bBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast border. 66x10 cm, 5 Patina ritual
Feet ending to 'claw, a feature that seems to belong to sculptors in the area of \u200b\u200bPassen, located in dipertimento Kampti classified as a municipality in Burkina Faso, which includes 113 villages, including that of Passen .
Batebi I'd say this (although the classic position hieratic Phuwè) has its own particularities, the left was carved all over the top of the other, something that would classify, in an extraordinary Batebi, also called Batebi paralyzed, or tied to a mal-formation physics.
I Batebi with this mal-formation, absorbing the evil instead of its owner, leading to it, a great benefit.
Lobi culture and rich in variations in the 'execution of these Batebi, were often carved to order dell'indovino which was made use by local sculptors, or neighboring countries.
still seems that in areas of the lobes (according to many) it still makes use of these beliefs, making them one of the few ethnic groups still active today.
Vitit http://www.katsouros-tribalart.de/wsngallery/index.php the site, I have to notatto No page lobes 434 3 photos a few lobes "which from my point of view" seems to belong to the same sculptor, or at the same studio.
Published in The Yale Guy van Rijn African Art Stock No. 0124165-01
Lobi, Batebi Phuwè: Probable provenance area Passen, Burkina Faso, bordering Costa D 'ivory. 66x10 cm, 5
Lobi, Batebi Phuwè: Probable provenance, Passen area of \u200b\u200bBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast border. 66x10 cm, 5
Lobi, Batebi Phuwè: Probable provenance, Passen area of \u200b\u200bBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast border. 66x10 cm, 5
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Lobi, Batebi Phuwè: Probable provenance, Passen area of \u200b\u200bBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast border. cm 66x10, 5.
Rear view of the malformation.
Published in The Yale Guy van Rijn African Art Archive n .0124165-01
