Pendant

CultureAsante peoples
Titles
  • Pendant
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 3/4 inches (8.6 × 8.9 × 2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1035
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 10–August 13, 1989.

"African Gold From The Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,"
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December 3, 2001–March 3, 2002; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, March 13–September 19, 2004; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, July 26–November 2, 2008; Beeville Art Museum, Texas, September 17, 2011–January 7, 2012.

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