Unknown African
Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Figure Holding a Lantern Next to a Bed

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Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Figure Holding a Lantern Next to a Bed
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Artist
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Figure Holding a Lantern Next to a Bed
Date1930–1960
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1279.1,.2
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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 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.

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