 Figure 101 27" high $1200 |
 Figure 102 16" high $1200 |
 Figure 104 10.75" high $600 |
Figure 101 27" high $1200 |
Figure 102 16" high $1200 |
Figure 104 10.75" high $600 |
 Figure 105 10" high $400 |
 Figure 106 11.75" high $400 |
 Figure 107 12.5" high $500 |
 Figure 108 12.5" high $400 |
 Figure 109 9.5" high $400 |
 Figure 103 14.5" high $300 |
 Figure 116 12.5" high $1200 |
 Figure, 25 10.5" $1000 |
 Figure 24 11" $800 |
 Figure 112 19" high $800 |
 Figure 59 12.5" $800 |
 Figure 94 10.5," $800 |
 Head 113 17" high $700 |
 Figure 111 27.5" high $600 |
 Figure 114 16" high $600 |
 Figure 115 14.5" high $500 |
 Figure 82 14.5" SOLD |
 Figure 117 8" high $500 |
 Figure 121 9" high $500 |
 Figure 119 9.75" high $400 |
 Figure 118 12.5" high $300 |
 Figure 120 8.25" high SOLD |
Lobi Figures are the enigmatic, brooding sculpture that protect the Lobi people of Burkina Faso. Most are frontal, symmetrical and timeless sentinels expressing the traditional beliefs of the Lobi. Several depart from the norm with animated gestures, asymmetry or a great degree of symbolic abstraction.
The figures were placed on family altars in the thilda, a small sacristy
or room in each dwelling. Each figure was not a representation but an actual
spirit, or tibil thil. It protected the family and home from illness
and other misfortunes. The spirit could also be used for divination; it
could demand offerings and additions of other figures. The accumulation
of statues on a family altar gave social status and were passed on from
father to son. Most were frontal and symmetrical, but some have unusually
animated gestures.
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