Unknown African
Gong Beater (laure)

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Gong Beater (laure)
Date1850–1970
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood
Dimensionswhole: 9 3/4 inches in length

Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1512
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no 33 (on file).

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