Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg)
Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg)
Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_front.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_front.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_back.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_back.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_side.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_side.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_side1.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_side1.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_threequarter.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_threequarter.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_detail1.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_detail1.jpg)

Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_side2.jpg)

Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_side2.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Figure of a Female (Bateba)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Lobi
MEDIUM Wood
  • Possible Place Made: Burkina Faso
    • DATES 1900–1981
    DIMENSIONS 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.54.29
    CREDIT LINE Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Lobi. Figure of a Female (Bateba), 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
    "CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
    RIGHTS STATEMENT
    RECORD COMPLETENESS
    Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
    Lobi. <em>Figure of a Female (Bateba)</em>, 1900–1981. Wood, 10 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (27 x 6 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.29_overall.jpg)

    RELATED OBJECTS

    Kas Death Image Spoon and Bowl Feast Spoon with Bear-shaped Handle Carved Spoon Large Grease Spoon Spoon Spoon Standing Male Figure Standing Female Figure (Buti) Kuma Mask Pendant Wan-pesego Mask Standing Female Figure Figure of Chameleon Doll Diviners Staff (Gonon Wan-pesego Mask Crescent-shaped Form with Animal Set in Center Crescent-shaped Form with Male Figure Prone at Center in Christ-like Position Mask Three Legged Stool Doll Doll Doll Shrine Vessel Doll Bracelet Anklet Divination Rings Female figure (biiga) Doll Ornament Ornament Figure Armlet (Gungulu) Snake