Statue Lobi, Burkina Faso, bois

Description

Statue Lobi, Burkina Faso, bois
H : 18,1 in
Early 20th century, ex-private collection (Hyères)
Statue of cultivator Lobi representing a male figure with the arms falling along the body and the rigid legs. Its style is hieratic and the dark patina is slightly oily. The object is authentic and has a good antiquity going back certainly to the middle of the 20th century