Linguist Staff Finial depicting Two Men and a Table with Food

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff Finial depicting Two Men and a Table with Food
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 5 5/8 × 3 7/8 in. (27.9 × 14.3 × 9.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1278
Non exposé

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