Unknown African
Ladder

Ladder

Public Domain

Ladder
Artist
CultureDogon peoples
Titles
  • Ladder
Date1850–1950
PlaceMali, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 85 × 19 × 7 in. (215.9 × 48.3 × 17.8 cm)
 Overall (including stand): 86 1/2 × 17 7/16 × 17 7/8 in. (219.7 × 44.3 × 45.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Frank Carroll in memory of Dr. Gus K. Nicholson
Object number98.239
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Joel Crooner Gallery, Dallas]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History

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