Bracelet

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Bracelet
Date1850–1865
PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions2 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches diameter (6.4 × 11.4 cm diameter)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.950
Non exposé

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

"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, Georgia, March 13, - September 19, 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 2011 - 7 January 2012

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Comb
no date
Wood and gold leaf
97.780
Soul washer's badge
1800–1899
Wood and gold leaf
97.1004
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1925
Wood and gold leaf
97.929
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1945
Wood, gold leaf
97.939.A,.B
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1915–1925
Wood, gold leaf
97.938
Bracelet
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1473
Bracelet
1875–1970
Gold
97.1452.A,.B
Armband
1900–1950
Wood, gold leaf, cloth, and colored threads
97.915
Bracelet with two keys
1950–1965
Cast gold
97.932.A-.D
Bracelet
1875–1970
Gold
97.1456.A,.B
side view of object
19th century
Gold
2004.2384.1,.2
Pair of Bracelets
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold and rubies
2004.2344-2004.2345