Thilduù" statuette, Lobi, Burkina Faso, Gaoua region.

Wood, cowrie shells - Height 27 cm

Late 19th century

Provenance Private collection, France

Workshop of the masters of the so-called "Gbokho" style, an individual statuette made according to the indications of a diviner, to protect its owner. These statuettes most often had a protective function against illness or evil spirits...

Retour de Voyage falled in love with this statue showing the link between primitiv art art nature. It shows how people worked out this piece of wood with all the spirit of there civilization and years gave this nice patine to ensure the power of this amazing piece of art.

This piece is part of this whole presentation of the art from Afrcan tribes from the end of XIX th century to the beginning of the XXth.

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