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CultureLobi peoples
Titles
  • Standing Female Figure (bateba)
Date1900–1940
Possible placeCôte D'ivoire
Possible placeGhana
Possible placeBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 2 × 1 3/4 in. (17.8 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1501
Not on view

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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
1850–1970
Wood
91.1505
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood
91.1500
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood
91.1489
Standing Female Figure
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood
91.1513
Female Ancestor Figure (mukuyu, nkisi, or teki)
Unknown African
1930–1970
Wood, ivory, and traces of tukula
91.1477
[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
Unknown African
1850–1950
Wood
91.1492
Standing Male Figure, Bateba
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood and sacrificial matter
91.1436
Staff Finial of a Female Figure
Unknown African
1850–1950
Wood and nails
91.1482
Standing Female Figure
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood
91.1504
Standing Female Figure
Unknown African
1900–1980
Gold leaf, wood, and beads
98.723
Standing Female Figure
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood and yellow glass beads
91.1514
Standing Female Figure
Unknown African
1850–1970
Wood and yellow glass beads
91.1515
Unknown African