Standing Male Figure (bateba)

CultureLobi peoples
Titles
  • Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Date1850–1970
PlaceBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (20 × 6.4 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1500
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 Figure (bateba)
1850–1970
Wood
91.1505
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
1900–1930
Wood
91.1489
Male Twin Figure
1850–1950
Wood
91.1490
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Standing Female Figure (bateba)
1900–1940
Wood
91.1501
Staff Finial of a Female Figure
1850–1950
Wood and nails
91.1482
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood
91.1513
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood and yellow glass beads
91.1515
Door Lock
1850–1950
Wood
91.1494
[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
1850–1950
Wood
91.1492
Pair of Twin Figures (ere ibeji)
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood and beads
91.1544