Unknown African
Linguist Staff with Finial Representing the Head of a Bush Cow in a Cauldron

Linguist Staff with Finial Representing the Head of a Bush Cow in a Cauldron

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Linguist Staff with Finial Representing the Head of a Bush Cow in a Cauldron
Artist
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff with Finial Representing the Head of a Bush Cow in a Cauldron
Date1900–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsFinial: 10 × 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (25.4 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1272.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
African Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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
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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