Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Pineapple

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CultureAkan peoples

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Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Pineapple

Date1850–1900

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood, gold leaf

Dimensions9 × 4 1/2 × 4 in. (22.9 × 11.4 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1270

Non exposé

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.

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