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Spectacular simian figure. Wood, some surface erosion, remai…
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188
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Spectacular simian figure. Wood, some surface erosion, remai…
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Spectacular simian figure.
Wood, some surface erosion, remains of brown patina, marks of time.
Lobi, Burkina Faso.
58 × 99 cm
Among the Lobi, sculpted figures are associated with domestic altars and relationships with the invisible forces that shape daily life. Although animal representations are rarer than human figures, they refer to specific qualities attributed to the animal.
The monkey, with its human-like behaviour, embodies a kind of mirror of the human world, associated with observation, agility and transgression. In this context, such a figure can be understood as a symbolic support linked to vigilance or mediation, inscribed in a deliberately archaic aesthetic, where stylisation reinforces the evocative power of the object.
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