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Burkina Faso, Statuette Lobi
€1.500,00
Category: Statues et statuettes anthropomorphes
Burkina Faso, Lobi Statuette
The Lobi live in southwestern Burkina Faso and northern Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. they are extremely resistant to any form of centralized political authority. Instead their communities are based on the laws of God. The central figure in each Lobi community is the religious specialist named the Thildar. this soothsayer is responsible for communicating with the spirits that govern the community and protecting members of each family from accidents, illness, violence and all the multiple threats people encounter in the hostile environment of West Africa . The carved Lobi represent the spirits of nature they called Thil. Each of these figures displays different gestures or postures, some of them can have two or even three heads, some female figures carry a baby under the arm. These unique characteristics represent the particular talent or power of the spiritual being they embody. A figure raising an arm places a roadblock at the entrance of the malicious spirits at the family home.
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The Lobi live in southwestern Burkina Faso and northern Ivory Coast and Ghana. they are extremely resistant to any form of centralized political authority. Instead of their communities are based on the laws of God. The central figure in every Lobi community is the religious scholar named Thildar. this diviner is responsible for communicating with the spirits that govern the community and protecting the members of each family against accidents, illness, violence and all the multiple threats people encounter in the hostile environment of West Africa. The sculpted Lobi represent the spirits of nature they called Thil. Each of these figures displays different gestures or postures, some of them may have two or even three heads, some female figures carry a baby under the arm. These unique characteristics represent the particular talent or power of the spiritual being they embody. A character raising an arm places a checkpoint at the entrance of malicious spirits at the family home.
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Die Lobi leben im Südwesten von Burkina Faso und der nördlichen Elfenbeinküste und Ghana. Sie sind extrem resistent gegenüber jeder Form zentralisierter politischer Autorität. Statt ihrer Gemeinschaften basieren sie auf den Gesetzen Gottes. Die zentrale Figur in jeder Lobi-Gemeinschaft ist der Religionswissenschaftler Thildar. Dieser Wahrsager ist verantwortlich für die Kommunikation mit den Geistern, die die Gemeinschaft regieren und schützt die Mitglieder jeder Familie vor Unfällen, Krankheiten, Gewalt und all den vielfältigen Bedrohungen, denen Menschen in der feindseligen Umgebung Westaf. Die skoquerierten Lobi repräsentieren die Geister der Natur, die sie Thil nannten. Jede dieser Figuren zeigt verschiedene Gesten oder Haltungen, einige von ihnen können zwei oder sogar drei Köpfe haben, einige weibliche Figuren tragen ein Baby unter dem Arm. Diese einzigartigen Eigenschaften repräsentieren das besondere Talent oder die Kraft des spirituellen Wesens, das sie verkörpern. Ein Charakter, der einen Arm anhebt, platziert einen Kontrollpunkt am Eingang von bösartigen Geistern im Haus der Familie.
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