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Linguist Staff Finial

2014.03.0392A

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Artifact Identification Linguist Staff Finial   (2014.03.0392A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Asante, Ashanti, Akan
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 37.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 19.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 12.6 cm
Weight 779 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Cole, Herbert M. and Doran H. Ross. The Arts of Ghana. Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1977.

Ross, Doran H. “The Verbal Art of Akan Linguist Staffs.” African Arts, Vol. 16/1, November 1982. Pp. 56-67.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Lynn and Michael Noel Collection
Reproduction N/A

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