Unknown African
Ring (with bird, cannons, and powder kegs)

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Artist Unknown African

CultureAkan peoples

Titles

Ring (with bird, cannons, and powder kegs)

Date1925–1935

PlaceGhana/ivory Coast, Africa

MediumGold

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1243

Non exposé

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "SEP 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1997, 97.1243
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

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