Figural pendant "bateba" - Burkina Faso, Lobi

copper alloy (bronze, brass),

According to Wilfried Glar, this early piece was probably made for a Lobi around 1900 by a skilled Mande-based caster. According to Klaus Schneider, the Lobi learned casting only after 1920.
H: 8,3 cm, H: 3,3 inch

Provenance:
Wilfried Glar, Eschweiler, Germany

AHDRC: 0204135

Lit.: Schneider, Klaus, Handwerk und materialisierte Kultur der Lobi in Burkina Faso, Stuttgart 1990
Condition Report: See description