CultureBaule peoples
Titles
- Fly Whisk Handle
Date1945–1955
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensionsheight: 14 inches (35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.860
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.
"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 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 2011 - 7 January 2012
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1945–1955
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, string
97.870