Linguist Staff

CultureAkan peoples (probably)
Titles
  • Linguist Staff
Date1800–1900
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumSterling silver and turned ebony
DimensionsOverall: 68 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (172.7 × 11.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2005.1830
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
204M Isla Turner Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2005, 2005.1830
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on a serpentine banner with a buckle: "FORWARD HAZARD ZIT"

Engraved on the body of the finial: "G(?)UABIN", "RH" (monogram on opposite side)

Maker's marks and hallmarks on the body below the buckle

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