STATUETTE depicting a HYENA called thil

Lobi Culture, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Ivory Coast

First half of the 20th century

Wood with a crusty patina

H.: 16.5; W.: 7.5 cm

Statuette   in monoxyl wood representing a hyena whose four legs rest on a circular base, its head slightly inclined towards the sky, its mouth half-open and its eyes incised in a circular manner.

Thila statuettes are zoomorphic representations of spiritual beings that provided protection and surveillance to the lobis.

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LP.5633