Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)

CultureMossi peoples
Titles
  • Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
Date1900–1940
PlaceBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood and glass beads
Dimensions9 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 inches
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1432
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Maurice Bonnefoy, New York, by at least 1976]; Dr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1985–1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"The Art of Upper Volta from the Collection of Maurice Bonnefoy," Michener Galleries, Harry Ranson Center, University of Texas at Austin, August 8-October 10, 1976.

“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.

EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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