Osei Bonsu
Linguist Staff Finial depicting a Man Caught in a Trap

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Artist Osei Bonsu (Asante, 1900–1977)Asante, 1900–1977

CultureAsante peoples

Titles

Linguist Staff Finial depicting a Man Caught in a Trap

Date1920–1930

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood and gold leaf

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/4in. (39.4 × 11.4 × 10.8cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1274

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African Art, Glassell Collection

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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, 1989–August 13, 1989.

"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; Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, February 18–May 31, 2005; Museum of Fine Art, Boston, November 2, 2005–March 26, 2006; National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., May 26, 2006–November 26, 2006; 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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