Unknown African
Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Hen and Her Chicks

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Artist Unknown African

CultureAkan peoples

Titles

Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Hen and Her Chicks

Date1945–1960

PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa

MediumWood and gold leaf

Dimensions8 1/2 in. height (21.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1306

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 10–August 13, 1989.

Russian Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., March 14, 2002.

"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, March 13–September 19, 2004; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, July 26–November 2, 2008; Beeville Art Museum, Texas, September 17, 2011–January 7, 2012.

"The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, April 15–August 22, 2018.

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