Online catalogue for the 60th tribal art auction
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81 Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, encrusted, mat patina, sacrificial traces, high-legged, angular shoulders and free worked arms, dam., missing parts because of insect caused damage, right arm missing, cracks, signs of abrasion, on metal base
H: 83 cm, (5091/012)
H: 32.7 inch
Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 76, ill. 49
Price: 2000 - 4000 €
82 Pair of figures "bateba phuwe"
This object is not available any more.
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, greyish-brown encrusted (sacrificial) patina, a male and a female figure, regular, schematized features, "phisa" coiffure, slightly dam., minor missing parts (foot tips), cracks, the upper layer of the encrusted surface removed in some areas (insect caused damage), on blocklike base; regarding the modelling of arms and legs or special details like the grooved spine, both figures seem to be uniform. But considered as a whole the female figure is much more perfected, shoulders, breast- and back-area are modelled more powerful and harmonious, so that the bigger female can be regarded as the work of a master, while the male might be a work of a scholar or workshop. The analog patina in any case points to a common place of original location. According to the Lobi, god once sent the "thila" to the people, who should take care of their well-being and should sustain the organization of society. The "thila" used to contact men, more rarely women, and order the building of a shrine and the carving of the "bateba" figures. The sooth sayer "buor" acts as mediator between the "thila" and the people. He is consulted because of various reasons, for example in case of any disaster or sickness. The "bateba" figures come alive and active when they are positioned on a shrine. They combine human appearance and certain superhuman qualities of the "thila", they are their assistants to a certain extent. Accordingly "bateba" are able to recognize witches and fight them, as well as prevent harm, imposed by the witches. They were called "bateba duntundara". At which four types are distinguished: the "bateba phuwe" (the so-called "ordinary bateba"), the "bateba bambar" ("paralyzed bateba"), the "bateba ti puo" ("dangereous persons") and the "bateba ti bala" (the extraordinary persons"). Present figures belong to the ordinary "bateba phuwe", because they show no special gesture or any odd physiological attribute. There is no difference in strength between male and female "bateba", and even the size seems to have no influence on their fighting power. At which "bateba", as big in size as the present ones, are only rare to be found nowadays.
H: 82 cm (male), 84 cm (female), (5108/001)
H: 32.3 inch (male), 33.1 inch (female)
Provenance
Coll. Theo Poppmeier, Graz, Austria
Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 56
Price: 18000 - 40000 €
83 Standing male figure "bateba phuwe"
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, dull, greyish brown patina, sacrificial traces, rising from long legs, showing a stocky body with bulging abdomen, a long neck supporting an oval head with tribe-typical facial features and "phisa" coiffure, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, on base
H: 66 cm, (5094/075)
H: 26 inch
Provenance
Vittelshuis, Delft, The Netherlands
Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 59, ill. 6
Price: 3800 - 7500 €
84 Standing protective figure "bateba phuwe"
This object is not available any more.
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, greyish brown, encrusted patina, a high towering slender body with massive shoulder/breast area and free carved arms, the upper part of the body slightly contorted, min. dam., cracks, missing parts through insect caused damage (both feet, left side of the neck, head), on wooden plate
H: 74 cm, (5123/002)
H: 29.1 inch
Provenance
Coll. Theo van Baaren, Groningen, The Netherlands
Sold for: 1000 €
85 Male figure "bateba phuwe"
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, spotty brown patina, torso with circular incisions, surmounted by an oval head with slanting eyes and a sharp-ridged nose, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on metal base
H: 22,5 cm, (5094/081)
H: 8.9 inch
Provenance
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Literature
Frey, Bruno, Warin, Francois, Lobi, Aust.kat., o.O. 2007, p. 32
Price: 900 - 2000 €
86 Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, partly shiny brown patina, amalgamated legs supporting a cylindrical trunk, flanked by strinking thin arms, min. dam., slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base
H: 22 cm, (5094/111)
H: 8.7 inch
Price: 600 - 1000 €
87 Female figure "bateba ti puo"
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, spotty, greyish brown patina, rising from slightly bent legs with big feet, a bulky torso supporting an almost neckless head, upraised arms, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, slight signs of abrasion, on metal base
H: 25,5 cm, (5094/110)
H: 10 inch
Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 88 ff.
Price: 750 - 1500 €
88 Figure "bateba yadawora"
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, mat, greyish brown encrusted patina, sacrificial traces, sitting on a stool, striking angular shoulders, both hands up to the mouth, crowned by a cap-like coiffure, slightly dam., cracks, minor missing parts, on wooden base; sad "bateba" ("bateba yadawora") are not dealing with witchcraft. They directly contact the inhabitants of the house were they were kept on special shrines. They express deep grief with different gestures and adopt the suffering of their owners.
H: 20,5 cm, (5094/072)
H: 8.1 inch
Provenance
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 104 f.
Price: 1000 - 2000 €
89 Pair of figures
This object is not available any more.
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, light, greyish-brown encrusted patina, a male and a female figure, elaborate carved, bodies with block-like stature and well-balanced proportions, delicate facial features, the female figure with helmet-shaped coiffure and pierced pupils, the male with a grooved beard and high vaulted head, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (both feet and head left hand side of the male figure), side by side mounted on a base
H: 43 cm (male); H: 38,5 cm (female), (5099/004)
H: 16.9 inch (male); H: 15.2 inch (female)
Provenance
Galerie Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany
Literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1981, p. 60
Price: 3500 - 7000 €
90 Standing colon figure
This object is not available any more.
Lobi, Burkina Faso
wood, shiny, dark brown patina, remains of kaolin, dressed with uniform and adequate headgear, the arms entangled in front of the body, min. dam., fissures, slight signs of abrasion, on wooden base; originating from the contact between Euopeans and Africans, carved in the traditional style of the respective region.
H: 22 cm, (5087/001)
H: 8.7 inch
Price: 750 - 1500 €
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