Skip to main content
Linguist Staff with Leopard Finial (okyeame poma)
Linguist Staff with Leopard Finial (okyeame poma)

Linguist Staff with Leopard Finial (okyeame poma)

Date20th century
Associated withAfrica
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
On view
ProvenanceMahamadou Diop, New York; sold to NCMA 2002.
Object Rights Statement

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) makes images of its collection available online to support research and scholarship and to inform and educate the public. Certain works of art, as well as the photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by the NCMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains with the applicant. To request images and/or permissions from the NCMA, please complete our online request form.

Staff Finial or Divination Head
Lobi artist
early 20th century
Finial with Leopard
Artist Unknown
20th century
Crucifixion Triptych
Coptic artist
late 1940s–1950s
Crest Mask, Antelope (zazaigo)
Mossi artist
early–mid 20th century
Mmanwu Ceremony Headcrest
Artist Unknown
20th century
Staff with Male Figure Finial (mvwala)
Kongo artist
early–mid 20th century
Mother and Child Staff Finial (mvwala)
Kongo artist
late 19th–early 20th Century
Beaded Sheath for an Òrìsà Okó Staff
Yorùbá artist
probably early 20th century
Adoring Angel
Unknown
circa 1735–1760
The Betrayal
Nancy S. Baker
2000
You Deserve It Mama
Aaron Fowler
2017