Unknown African
Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Man Chopping Wood

Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Man Chopping Wood

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Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Man Chopping Wood
Artist
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Linguist Staff Finial Representing a Man Chopping Wood
Date1850–2000
PlaceAfrica
MediumWood with gold leaf
Dimensions10 × 2 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (25.4 × 6.4 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2000.367
Not on view

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Department
African Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2000, 2000.367
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, March 13–September 19, 2004.

"Gold! Natural Treasure, Cultural Obsession," Houston Museum of Natural Science, February 18–September 18, 2005.
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