Fly Whisk

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Fly Whisk
Date1925–1935
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood, gold leaf, animal hair
Dimensions20 × 2 1/2 inches (50.8 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.855
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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"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

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Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.867
Fly Whisk
no date
Wood, gold leaf, and animal hair
97.859
Fly Whisk
1945–1955
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.857
Fly Whisk
1945–1955
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.856
Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and animal hair
97.866
Fly Whisk
1900–1925
Wood, gold leaf, leather, animal hair
97.858.2
Fly Whisk
1900–1925
Wood, gold leaf, leather, animal hair
97.858.3
Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, leather, animal hair
97.858.1
Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.868
Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.865
Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.869
Fly Whisk
1945–1955
Wood, gold leaf, hair, cloth
97.1505