Artist
Unknown African
CultureBaule peoples
Titles
- Fly Whisk (in the form of two people playing "oware")
Date1945–1955
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumHorsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, string
Dimensions40 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (101.6 × 8.3 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.870
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
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