LOBI BIRIFOR, Burkina Faso. Dense hardwood, greyish granular coating, patina of use. A masterly representation of a "Thilkotina" ancestor's effigy, a cultic support for the lineage and depicting a standing female figure of naturalistic proportions, with arms at her sides and a head with an interiorised face. First third of the 20th century. Height: 62 cm Provenance: French private collection.