Standing Woman with Raised Arm, Ti Puo

CultureLobi peoples
Titles
  • Standing Woman with Raised Arm, Ti Puo
Date1870–1930
PlaceBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensions15 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 2 5/8 inches

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1435
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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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