A Lobi terracotta maternity figure, Burkina Faso, standing on her two feet, knees slightly bent, bloated stomach, protruding navel, her left large hands is holding a child to her chest who is eating at her breast, her right hand is holding her right breast, her head is lifter upwards, in a horizontal way, her lips are pierced with a large object, a pointed nose, two large half closed eyes, two large ears on each side of the face, her hair is pulled backwards; signs of use.

Further reading:
Labouret, Henri, “les Tribus du Rameau Lobi“, Institut d’Ethnologie, Paris, 1931.
Père, Madeleine, “Les Lobi, Traditions et changement“, Vol.1 et 2, Siloë, Laval, 1988.
Meyer, Piet, “Kunst und Religion der Lobi“, Museum Rietberg, Zûrich, 1981.
Pirat, Claude-henri, “Lobi Statuary and the Statuary of Related Peoples, an Example of Cult Art“, Tribal Arts Magazine, Paris/San Francisco, N°1, March 1994, p. 22-32.
Pirat, Claude-Henri, “Occult Conversations, or How the Thila Make the Law for the Lobi“, in “Arts d’Afrique,Voir l’Invisible“, Musée d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux, Hazan, Paris, 2011, p. 85-91. and p. 217-220.
Rouville, Cécile de, “Organisation Sociale des Lobi, une Société Bilinéaire du Burkina Faso et de Côte d’Ivoire“, L’Harmatan, Paris, 1987.
Bognolo, Daniela, “Lobi“, 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2007.

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Height: 44 cm
Weight: 4,3 kg