LOBI STATUE from Cote D'Ivoire. Animalistic good Statue. Tribal Art. Tribally Used Collectable.

A Lobi Statue or Bateba, meaning, 'Carved Wooden Figure' in Lobi Dialect.
Statue of a stylized bird mounted on display stand.
A genuine, Tribally used, Collectable item.
(18 cm / 7 inches high), made from a hardwood.
The Lobi people inhabit parts of southern Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.
The Lobi are well documented for their animalist beliefs, which involves regular interaction with ancestral and other types of spirits.
These Lobi figures believed to embody the spirit of the Thila (supernatural spirits). Lobi dwellings often have more than one alter and when the statue is placed at the alter, it is believed to take on these spirits, incarnated as statuettes.
Tracked and signed postage. good