Unknown African
Umbrella finial of a bird on a stool

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Artist Unknown African

CultureAkan peoples

Titles

Umbrella finial of a bird on a stool

Date1945–1955

PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa

MediumWood and gold leaf

Dimensions9 3/4 in. height (24.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1415

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

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CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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.

Exhibited at the Russian Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., for one night only, at the dinner celebrating the Pushkin exchange, March 14, 2002 (see Goya loan file LN:2002.27).

"African Gold From The Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December 3, 2001 - March 3, 2002
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, March 13, - September 19, 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July 2008 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012

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