Artist
Unknown African
CultureSenufo peoples
Titles
- Champion Cultivator Staff, Tefalipitya
Date1880–1930
PlaceIvory Coast, Africa
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
PlaceCote d'Ivoire, 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
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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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1940–1960
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1925–1950
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1925–1950
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1890–1950
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1996
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