Figure (Nkira or Butti)
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Figure (Nkira or Butti)
Figure (Nkira or Butti)

Currently not on view

Figure (Nkira or Butti),

late 19th or early 20th century

Teke artist
2018-168

Information

Title
Figure (Nkira or Butti)
Dates

late 19th or early 20th century

Maker
Teke artist
Medium
Wood, organic materials, resin, and possibly tukula
Dimensions
28.3 × diam. 10 cm (11 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marc Lippman, MD
Object Number
2018-168
Place Made

Africa, Republic of the Congo

Inscription
On the back of leg in ink: 91151 On base, on label-maker sticker and in paint: 336
Culture
African, Teke
Type
sculpture
Materials
resin, wood, tukula
Techniques
carving
Subject
men, rituals (events)

M. Lipkin (Morton Lipkin) before 1969; Ruth and Abbott Lippman, Brooklyn, NY by at least 1969; Marc Lippman, Washington, D.C. by descent from the above.

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