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Bateba Figure

2012.10.0348

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Artifact Identification Bateba Figure   (2012.10.0348)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Religious Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1850 - 1899 CE
Culture Lobi
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 70.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 10.9 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 5,571.0 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Haute, Volta and Henri Kamer. Printed in Belgium (Sopeba 15th African Exhibition) 1973.

Massa, Gabriel, and Société des amateurs de l’art africain. Sculptures animalières d’Afrique Noire. France: Editions Sépia, 1996.

Roy, Christopher D, and Françoise Chaffin. Art of the Upper Volta Rivers. Meudon, France: Alain and Francoise Chaffin, 1987.

Scanzi, Giovanni Franco. L’art traditionnel Lobi. Bergamo, Italy: Ed. Milanos, 1993

Schulte/Weiss. Africa Tribal Art. Germany: Edition Schulte/Weiss, 2006.

Wheelock, Thomas G. B, Christopher D Roy, and Jerry L Thompson. Land of the Flying Masks: Art and Culture in Burkina Faso; the Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection. Munich ; Prestel, 2007.
Scanzi, Giovanni Franco. L’art traditionnel Lobi. Bergamo, Italy: Ed. Milanos, 1993

Schulte/Weiss. Africa Tribal Art. Germany: Edition Schulte/Weiss, 2006.

Wheelock, Thomas G. B, Christopher D Roy, and Jerry L Thompson. Land of the Flying Masks: Art and Culture in Burkina Faso; the Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection. Munich ; Prestel, 2007.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz
Reproduction No

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