Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Man Climbing a Tree, Assisted by a Second Man

Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Man Climbing a Tree, Assisted by a Second Man

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Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Man Climbing a Tree, Assisted by a Second Man
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Man Climbing a Tree, Assisted by a Second Man
Date1895–1905
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsFinial: 15 1/4 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (38.7 × 13.7 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1292.1,.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.

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