Mambila statuette (Nigeria) Very rare and ancient dance stat - Lot 159

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Mambila statuette (Nigeria) Very rare and ancient dance stat - Lot 159
Mambila statuette (Nigeria) Very rare and ancient dance statuette carved in bamboo and not wood. Africa. Lobi statuette (Burkina Faso). The Lobi live in southwestern Burkina Faso and northern Ivory Coast and Ghana. They are extremely resistant to any form of centralized political authority. Instead their communities are based on the laws of God. The central figure in each Lobi community is the religious scholar called the Thildar. This diviner is responsible for communicating with the spirits that rule the community and protecting the members of each family from accidents, disease, violence and all the multiple threats people encounter in the hostile environment of West Africa. The Lobi carved represent the spirits of nature that they called Thil. Each of these figures displays different gestures or postures, some of them may have two or even three heads, some female figures carry a baby under their arm. These unique characteristics represent the particular talent or power of the spiritual being they embody. A figure raising an arm places a barrier to the entry of malevolent spirits to the family home. H. approx. 12cm. (Africa, African art, Civilization and ethnic groups)
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