Art Institute of Chicago
Female Figure (Bateba Phuwe)
Lobi
- Date
- Late 19th or early 20th century
- Medium
- Wood and sacrificial material
- Culture
- Burkina Faso
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Among the Lobi and their neighbors, protective spirits associated with families and the land reside in shrines like the one pictured here that are filled with offerings of bottles, iron staffs, pottery vessels, clay figurines, and wooden statuary. A figure like this may be placed in such a shrine to serve as an assistant to the spirit. Devotees spread offerings of chicken blood, millet beer, and shea butter onto the sculpture to ensure the benevolence of the spirit world.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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