Sculpture - Wood - Lobi - Burkina Faso
A Lobi couple of Kilite Noufe, karite wood, purchchased in 2011, interesting how quick these sculptures are becoming an "aged patina" in Africa, a fact which many European collectors don´t know or ignor. Question to the sculptor: "Why is the female sculpture so much bigger than the male? " Kilite´s answer: "The woman is more important than the man! " Question: "Why do women have portable altars (the vessel on top of the figure) instead of the man? " Kilite: "So the woman can go everywhere, the man has to go to the house to do certain ceremonies". From an interview in 2011. Height: 73 cm / 58 cm Weight: 3 kg / 2,1 kg
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A Lobi couple of Kilite Noufe, karite wood, purchchased in 2011, interesting how quick these sculptures are becoming an "aged patina" in Africa, a fact which many European collectors don´t know or ignor. Question to the sculptor: "Why is the female sculpture so much bigger than the male? " Kilite´s answer: "The woman is more important than the man! " Question: "Why do women have portable altars (the vessel on top of the figure) instead of the man? " Kilite: "So the woman can go everywhere, the man has to go to the house to do certain ceremonies". From an interview in 2011. Height: 73 cm / 58 cm Weight: 3 kg / 2,1 kg
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