Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- 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
On view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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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