Linguist Staff with Finial of Two Riders on Horseback

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Linguist Staff with Finial of Two Riders on Horseback
CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff with Finial of Two Riders on Horseback
Date1895–1905
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsFinial: 15 1/2 × 10 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. (39.4 × 27.6 × 8.9 cm)
 Staff, assembled: 44 × 1 1/2 diameter in. (111.8 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1288.1,.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.

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