Spoon / Pestle

CultureAsante or Kulongo peoples
Titles
  • Spoon / Pestle
Datec. 1900–1950
PlaceIvory Coast, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensions11 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 5 1/16 in. (29.8 × 11 × 12.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2023.96
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, 2007, given to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryMFAH, July, 2010–November, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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