Champion Cultivator Staff, Tefalipitya

CultureSenufo peoples
Titles
  • Champion Cultivator Staff, Tefalipitya
Date1880–1930
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
PlaceCote d'Ivoire, Africa
PlaceIvory Coast, Africa
MediumWood, cowry shells, plant fiber, horn, and iron
Dimensions40 1/2 × 3 5/8 × 3 3/8 inches (102.9 × 9.2 × 8.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1437
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceProbably [Maurice Bonnefoy, New York]; Dr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.

EXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION

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