Lobi Figure, Female
Regular price
$60.00
$450.00
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Lobi, Burkina Faso. Age unknown. Wood.
10"H X 3"W X 3"D
The Lobi people of Burkina Faso revere spirits known as Thil, and build shrines to them filled with figurines or Bateba.
These figures are believed charged with special powers and representative of the Thil. They are believed to ward off sorcerers.