SPECIAL ADVISORY: To safeguard against the spread of COVID-19, the Yale University Art Gallery will remain closed until further notice. Learn More

African Art
Cultural Object
Full-size image not available for download. Please contact Rights and Reproductions.

Male Figure

early to mid-20th century

Wood

33 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (83.82 × 13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Gift of Eli H. Newberger, B.A. 1962, M.D. 1966, and Carolyn Moore Newberger, Ed.D.
2012.68.12
Geography: 
Country Burkina Faso
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Lobi
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Purchased by the donor between 1967-1969
Gift of Eli H. Newberger and Carolyn Moore Newberger to Yale University Art Gallery in 2012

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2012.pdf (accessed December 21, 2012).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.