Figure of a head

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Figure of a head
Date1900–1910
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGold plated brass
Dimensions3 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (7.6 × 6.4 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.802
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"; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December 3, 2001 - March 3, 2002; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, March 13, - September 19, 2004

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Female Figure
1900–1910
Gold plated brass
97.799
Male Figure
1900–1910
Gold plated brass
97.800
Bell
1900–1910
Gold plated brass
97.746
Standing female figure
1900–1930
Wood and gold leaf
97.833
Bell
1900–1910
Gold plated copper
97.748
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1930
Wood and gold leaf
97.820
Standing Figure
1930–1950
Wood, gold leaf and cloth
97.828
Figure with Child
1900–1910
Wood, gold leaf
97.797
Woman Figure with Child
1800–1899
Wood, gold leaf
97.810
Standing Female Figure
1900–1940
Wood, gold leaf, paint
97.832
Vignette with Three Figures, a Tree, and a Bird
1900–1910
Wood, gold leaf, paint
97.798
Standing Male Figure
1900–1980
Gold leaf, wood, and beads
98.722