Linguist Staff

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff
Date1870–1930
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall (.A): 29 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (75.6 × 5.7 cm)
Overall (.B): 29 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (74.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1494.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
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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"
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 2004
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006

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