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Lobi Bateba with Weathered Patina
Every Lobi household maintained an altar but each attended to it in their own way according to the intensity of their belief or need and in accordance to their ability. This well-rounded female figure appears to have survived for many decades on a home altar which eventually fell into disuse through age, abandonment of practice or death. Only traces of sacrifice remain. Forearms which once extended expressively from the body have long since weathered away. The trunk remains solid with fine curves and a hint of tension between the orientation of the legs and the turn of the head. The legs are independent of one another adding to the dynamism. This substantial carving is an older example of a Lobi altar figure which has been subject to weathering over the course of many years.
20″
