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Standing male with hands at sides; traces of pigment and patina.
Male Figure
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Male Figure

Maker Lobi Artist
Date20th century
Place of originBurkina Faso, Africa
MediumWood with pigment and patina
Dimensions8 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. (20.3 x 4.1 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number1995.28.37
Collections
Visual DescriptionStanding male with hands at sides; traces of pigment and patina.
Standing female; with traces of pigment; patina.
Female Figure
Lobi Artist
20th century
Seated male figure with legs flexed and pulled up torso, arms at side, hands on knees, wide bony shoulders, large head, jutting jaw, were-jaguar mouth with extended tongue, wide flat nose, bulbous rectangular eyes, low crown of head, back of figurine is very rough; traces of pigment on surface of figure.
Seated Male Figure
Olmec Artist
1000-300 BCE
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Offering Vessel
Yoruba Artist
undated
Standing male figure.
Male figure (bateba)
Lobi Artist
20th century
Iron rod with horned animal head on one end, curved “neck”; iron chain looped on side of head; rust and encrustation
Shrine figure
Lobi Artist
c. 1950
Standing female figure, frontal, small arms attached to body with hands placed on sides of abdomen, thick legs, tapering to foot with indicated toes. Head in flattened and heart shaped protruding nose with rings, coffee bean eyes, two poke marks for mouth ears pierced, figuring in red slip, white pigment indicates groin flap, traces of white along hairline and around eyes, white indicating ankle bracelets.
Standing female figure
Mexican Artist
100 BCE-200 CE
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Male Figure
Baule Artist
undated
Round disk with relief carving on slightly raised perimeter. A hollow circle carved in the back. 16 carvings consist of 4 faces at cardinal points, with figures between them that are flanked by concentric circles. Traces of white pigment and patina visible on carved edge; powdered substance on top.
Tray for Ifá Divination (opon Ifá)
Olowe of Ise
after 1938
Standing female figure with three spherical neck rings, shiny black patina.
Female figure
Mende Artist
20th century
Of circular form, with a finely carved perimeter relief band including "Inner Head," complex figures, birds and other devices, pigment, and a fine patina.
Divination Tray (opan ifa)
Yoruba Artist
20th century
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Figure of twin (ere ibeji)
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Early 20th century
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Male Figure
West Mexican Artist
undated

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