Unknown African
Fly Whisk

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Fly Whisk
Date1900–1930
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood, gold leaf, and horsehair
Dimensions3 1/4 × 44 1/2 inches (8.3 × 113 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.863
Not on view

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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"
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 2011 - 7 January 2012

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Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1925–1935
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, and string
97.854
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1925–1935
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, and string
97.851
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1925–1935
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, and string
97.853
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and animal hair
97.866
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1950–1965
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, and string
97.852
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Unknown African
1945–1955
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, string
97.870
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1925–1935
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, and cloth
97.850
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1945–1955
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, string
97.849
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.867
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
no date
Wood, gold leaf, and animal hair
97.859
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1925–1935
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.855
Fly Whisk
Unknown African
1945–1955
Wood, gold leaf, animal hair
97.857