Ancienne statuette fétiche Lobi soclée, Burkina Faso - Sculpture - Lobi - Burkina Faso (No reserve price)

Old Lobi fetish statuette from Burkina Faso.
These figures, often called bateba, were used in rituals to ward off ailments and invoke protective spirits.
The piece is mounted on a steel base and features an antique patina, characteristic of tribal art.
H: 24 cm, L: 4 cm (excluding the base).
Provenance: from the former collection of Professor Jacques LAFFONT, an alumnus of the Bordeaux Naval Health School. Between 1949 and 1966, he spent a long period in Africa, where he practiced and taught, notably as the holder of the chair of anatomy and operative medicine at the French Faculty of Medicine in Dakar.