Linguist Staff with Leopard Finial (okyeame poma)
Artist
Baule artist
Date20th century
MediumWood, gold leaf, and cloth
Dimensions53 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (135.9 x 14.6 x 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LinePurchased with funds from Elizabeth B. Craven
Object number2002.15/a-d
On View
Not on view"Friends of African and African American Art," Preview: The Magazine of the North Carolina Museum of Art (July/August 2003), mentioned and illus. (color detail) 6.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Accent on Africa: Recent Acquisitions of African Art," April 6-August 10, 2003, brochure no. 15, detail (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–December 9, 2024. Object Rights Statement
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