Unknown African
Whip

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Artist Unknown African

CultureAkan peoples

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Whip

Date1925–1935

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood, gold leaf, cloth, leather

Dimensions22 3/8 × 2 5/8 inches diameter (56.8 × 6.7 cm diameter)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1506

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

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CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

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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