Small figure "bateba" - Burkina Faso, Lobi

wood, base
This figure belongs to the type of the sad "bateba" - "bateba yadawora". For despite the fragmentary condition it is still recognizable that a hand is placed on the chin. A gesture which the Lobi regard as an expression of deepest grief and which can be observed at funerals and in other situations of suffering.
H: 25 cm, H: 9,8 inch
Provenance:
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden
Condition Report: See description