Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Man Throwing a Stone at a Parrot

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CultureAkan peoples

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Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Man Throwing a Stone at a Parrot

Date1850–1900

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood and gold leaf

DimensionsOverall: 13 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 6 in. (34 × 20 × 15.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1303

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

201M Blaffer Gallery

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

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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, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 2004
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006

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