Artist
Unknown African
CultureBaule peoples
Titles
- Comb
Date1900–1970
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions6 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 5/8 inches (15.9 × 6.4 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.779
Not on view
Explore Further
Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
"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, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 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
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.
Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood and traces of kaolin, a white clay
91.1520