Fetish Half Figure

Fetish Half Figure

Public Domain

CultureSongye peoples
Titles
  • Fetish Half Figure
Date1900–1950
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensionswhole: 4 1/2 inches high

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1458
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.

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Standing Male Fetish Figure
Standing Male Fetish Figure
1850–1970
Wood
91.1545
Standing Male Fetish Figure (butti)
Standing Male Fetish Figure (butti)
1900–1950
Wood
91.1456
Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)
Fertility Figure (mwana hiti)
1900–1940
Wood and glass beads
91.1453
Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Figure (biteki)
Figure (biteki)
1900–1950
Wood, traces of kaolin on the face, fiber belt
91.1455
Overall front
Ere Ibeji (Sacred Twin Figure)
Early 20th century
Wood, glass beads, and brass
2023.145
Fetish Jar
Fetish Jar
1900–1910
Earthenware with slip, antlers, rawhide, feathers, shell, turquoise, and encrustation
44.166
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads
91.1433
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
Fertility Figure (raogo-biga)
1900–1940
Wood and glass beads
91.1432
Figure (mother and child)
Figure (mother and child)
1895–1905
Wood, gold leaf
97.1501