Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Umbrella finial of a bird on a stool
Date1945–1955
PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions9 3/4 in. height (24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1415
Non exposé
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
Exhibited at the Russian Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., for one night only, at the dinner celebrating the Pushkin exchange, March 14, 2002 (see Goya loan file LN:2002.27).
"African Gold From The Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December 3, 2001 - March 3, 2002
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, March 13, - September 19, 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July 2008 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012
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