Standing Male Figure (bateba)

Standing Male Figure (bateba)

Public Domain

CultureLobi peoples
Titles
  • Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Date1850–1970
PlaceBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensionswhole: 10 3/4 inches tall

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1505
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.

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Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
1850–1970
Wood
91.1500
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
Standing Male Figure (bateba)
1900–1930
Wood
91.1489
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
[Male] Twin Figure (ere ebeji)
1850–1970
Wood, strands of glass beads, camwood and indigo
91.1510
Standing Female Figure (bateba)
Standing Female Figure (bateba)
1900–1940
Wood
91.1501
Standing Female Figure
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood
91.1513
Male Twin Figure
Male Twin Figure
1850–1950
Wood
91.1490
Standing Female Figure
Standing Female Figure
1850–1970
Wood and yellow glass beads
91.1515
Staff Finial of a Female Figure
Staff Finial of a Female Figure
1850–1950
Wood and nails
91.1482
Standing Male Figure, Bateba
Standing Male Figure, Bateba
1900–1930
Wood and sacrificial matter
91.1436
Fon Bronze Standing Male Figure
Fon Bronze Standing Male Figure
1850–1950
Bronze
91.1493
[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
[Female] Twin Figure (ere ibeji)
1850–1950
Wood
91.1492
Pair of Twin Figures (ere ibeji)
Pair of Twin Figures (ere ibeji)
1925–1950
Wood, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1491.1,.2