A female Lobi statue from the village Bonko, 8 km from Gaoua, standing on small feet, anatomically formed legs, the abdomen slightly arched, very thin arms with small hands, pointed small breasts, on the stocky neck an almost round head with a broad but thin mouth, small nose and crescent-shaped closed eyes, the coiffure is cap-like; a damage in the genital area, several fine age cracks, dark stain caused by the sacrifice with blood.

Lit.: Lit: Daniela Bognolo: Lobi. Visions of Africa, 2007 Milan; Floros & Sigrid Katsouros/Stephan und Petra Herkenhoff: Anonyme Schnitzer der Lobi, Hannover 2006; Piet Meyer: Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981; Galerie Flak: Magie Lobi, Paris 2003; Floros Katsouros: Lobi - Figuren, chefs d'oeuvre und Kultobjekte, Hannover 2013; Kat. Ausst.: Lobi. Westafrikanische Skulpturen aus der Sammlung Greschik, anlässlich der Ausstellung „Die Entdeckung des Individuums“, 2016. Giovanni Franco Scanzi, Lobi Traditional Art, 1993.

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Height: 80 cm
Weight: 7,3 kg