A male Lobi sculpture of the Bonko region, probably from the workshop around Youl Bolare, the fragmentary feet blockshaped, the legs slightly bent. the openwork arms carved close to the body,, a thick, shortened neck is supporting an unproportional large head of oval form with almond shaped eyes surrounded by high-arched brows, a small slitmouth beneath a slender nose, framed by semicircular ears with a significant tragus; hard, light wood, varied brownish patina with remnants of kaolin.

This sculpture was collected with three other Lobi-figuess in the Bonko region, which are pictured on the following websites and the sites before. The last owner said, that these four sculptures are cominig from the same shrine. The similarity of the patina could be an indication for this statement. This and the following sculpture is showing a high degree of commonalities with the first figure, even mouth and eaers are completely different. I suppose these are different carvers but they have influenced each other in an intensive way.

Die Schwierigkeit der Zuordnung bei einigen Bonko Skulpturen. blog-spot wj

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Height: 73 cm
Weight: 3,5 kg