Unknown African
Standing female figure

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Standing female figure
Date1900–1930
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions7 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 2 5/8 inches (18.7 × 3.8 × 6.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.833
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 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 2011 - 7 January 2012

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