Tall Lobi Shrine Figure

This stately and dynamic figure stands 27″ tall. It was fashioned from a hard, dense wood which has preserved its details well and has acquired a dark, dry patina over the decades of use in a household shrine. Very few if any figures of this scale, and quality remain in situ. There was a time, up until a few years ago, that statues of similar age emerged every so often from Burkina Faso. This essentially no longer occurs. Fine, older, used Lobi statuary are finite in number and becoming increasingly scarce. The profile of this figure is particularly satisfying, forming a dramatic curve with a forward thrust belly juxtaposed by sharply angled buttocks.

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