Unknown African
Standing Male Figure (bateba)

Standing Male Figure (bateba)

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Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Artist
CultureLobi peoples
Titles
  • Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Date1900–1930
PlaceGhana, Ivory Coast (Côte d'ivoire), or Burkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensions7 1/2 inches high

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1489
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.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Unknown African
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
1850–1970
Wood
91.1500
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Unknown African
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
1850–1970
Wood
91.1505
Standing Female Figure (bateba)
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Standing Female Figure (bateba)
1900–1940
Wood
91.1501
Standing Male Figure, Bateba
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Standing Male Figure, Bateba
1900–1930
Wood and sacrificial matter
91.1436
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Fon Bronze Standing Male Figure
1850–1950
Bronze
91.1493
Male Twin Figure
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Male Twin Figure
1850–1950
Wood
91.1490
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
Unknown African
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Standing Male Fetish Figure
Unknown African
Standing Male Fetish Figure
1850–1970
Wood
91.1545
Standing Male Figure
Unknown African
Standing Male Figure
1900–1980
Gold leaf, wood, and beads
98.722
Standing Male Fetish Figure (butti)
Unknown African
Standing Male Fetish Figure (butti)
1900–1950
Wood
91.1456
Standing Male Figure
Unknown African
Standing Male Figure
1900–1950
Wood and gold leaf
97.835
Staff Finial of a Female Figure
Unknown African
Staff Finial of a Female Figure
1850–1950
Wood and nails
91.1482