Schematic figure with right arm bent with hand close to mouth, left arm down. Head, feet and hands are flat and rounded; feet are bent at ankles.

Shrine figure

Maker Lobi Artist

Datec. 1950

Place of originBurkina Faso

Place of originGhana

MediumIron

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineMuseum puchase with funds from Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund

Object number2015.51.9

Collections

AFRICAN

Visual DescriptionSchematic figure with right arm bent with hand close to mouth, left arm down. Head, feet and hands are flat and rounded; feet are bent at ankles.

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