Sword handle of a pineapple

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Sword handle of a pineapple
Date1945–1955
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions8 1/4 × 7 × 7 in. (21 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1391
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, 1989–August 13, 1989.

"African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," 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.

"The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, April 15–August 22, 2018.

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