Sculpture - Wood - Lobi - Burkina Faso
A male sculpture of Tyohèpthé Palé, standing on wedge-shaped feet, the elongated legs and torso beneath tapering, triangular breasts, the arms carved close to the body, a thick, cylindrical neck is supporting a globular head with a "colon" cap on top; the signs of ritual use with traces of kaolin scarifications at the front side.
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A male sculpture of Tyohèpthé Palé, standing on wedge-shaped feet, the elongated legs and torso beneath tapering, triangular breasts, the arms carved close to the body, a thick, cylindrical neck is supporting a globular head with a "colon" cap on top; the signs of ritual use with traces of kaolin scarifications at the front side.