A beautiful and very old Batéba statue linked to lineages and initiation rites, and personifying the power of ancestors who founded villages or healers of the past. Lobi, Burkina Faso, 19th century Hardwood, old visible chips, old wear and cracks, very significant old oxidation, very beautiful old sacrificial patina. Height: 65cm Provenance: René and Maud Garcia, Paris, c. 1980 Enchères Rive Gauche, Paris, September 8, 2011, n°113 Stéphane Kurc Collection, Paris