Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art - 10th February 2015

Lot 131

A Lobi standing figure

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £90

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Description

A Lobi standing figure, Burkina Faso, with arched brow, flat shoulders and a slight forward lean with hands to the front, 38cm high on a stand, a Lobi standing male figure, with a cap like coiffure, 37cm high on a stand and a Lobi standing female figure, wearing a peaked cap, 33.5cm high. (3)

The first figure collected in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Published:

Michael Pennie. Adventures with Lobi an abc, p.102.