Object Details
- Label Text
- While the carver has completed this flywhisk handle, it is still incomplete. It is missing the applied gold leaf surface and the animal hair tail that is the actual whisk.
- Description
- Wood fly whisk handle, flared trumpet shape with faceted crown-like top. Overall incised linear design, relief of three faces with hats, and two faces near bottom.
- Provenance
- James Silberman, Alexandria, VA , -- to 1971
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Akan artist
- Baule artist
- Date
- Mid-20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of James M. Silberman
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 23.8 x 7.9 x 6.7 cm (9 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
