Lobi Statue, Burkina Faso, c. 1970

The sculptors, who live from agriculture, devote only part of their time to sculpture. The Lobi do not wear masks, but create male and female spirit figures called Bateba and sculpted heads on a pole placed in the ground. Bateba is considered a living being and can see, communicate and intervene on behalf of its spirit. In each house there is a small shrine dedicated to the worship of ancestral spirits. Height: 124 cm Reproduced: Catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 127 ctro
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall