Umbrella finial of a porcupine

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Umbrella finial of a porcupine
Date1900–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions8 in. length (20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1417
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.

Russian Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., March 14, 2002.

"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.

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

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Ring
1845–1855
Gold
97.1096
Ornament of porcupine
1950–1970
Gold washed copper
97.819
Ring (Porcupine)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1525
Ring (porcupine)
1930–1940
Gold
97.1537
Pendant with Two Billy Goats
19th century
Gold
2004.2290
Pendant with Cockatoos
c. 19th century
Hammered gold with granulation and filigree
2006.531
Pendant with Cockatoos Riding Deer
c. 19th century
Cast and hammered gold
2006.544
Fly Whisk
no date
Wood, gold leaf, and animal hair
97.859
Wutala, Ancestral Crown
15th–17th century
Gold
2004.2311
Markandeya Refers Jaimuni to the Four Wise Birds
c. 1800–1820
Gouache with gold on paper
2013.61
front of object
19th Century
Gold
2004.2358
front of object
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.903