Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Linguist Staff
Date1870–1930
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall (.A): 29 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (75.6 × 5.7 cm)
Overall (.B): 29 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (74.9 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (.B): 29 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (74.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1494.A,.B
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
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1292.1,.2
Unknown African
1930–1939
Carved wood and gold leaf
2006.210.1,.2
Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1498
Unknown African
1925–1935
Wood and gold leaf
97.1497
Unknown African
1925–1935
Wood and gold leaf
97.1273.1,.2
Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood and gold leaf
97.1272.1,.2
Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood, gold leaf, and paint
97.1305.1,.2
Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1288.1,.2
Unknown African
1885–1895
Wood and gold leaf
97.1291.1,.2