Unknown African
Standing Female Figure

Standing Female Figure

Public Domain

Artist
CultureMossi peoples (possibly)
Titles
  • Standing Female Figure
Date1850–1970
PlaceBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 6 × 4 1/2 in. (50.8 × 15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1546
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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