Artist
Unknown African
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
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Unknown African
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, and brass tack
Whole: Sculpture
91.1439
