Linguist Staff Finial, mid 20th century

  • Akan, African

Wood and gold leaf

  • Overall: 14 × 5 1/4 inches (35.6 × 13.3 cm)

Gift of Dr. Nii and Marta Quarcoopome

2005.90

Dr. Nii and Marta Quarcoopome (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA)

2006-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Leadership and Status Objects.” Bulletin of the DIA 91, 1/4 (2017): p. 43 (fig. 2.23).

Akan, African, Linguist Staff Finial, mid 20th century, wood and gold leaf. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nii and Marta Quarcoopome, 2005.90.