Ceremonial gong with Sankofa bird

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ceremonial gong with Sankofa bird
Date1900–1930
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumIron, wood, and gold leaf
Dimensions23 × 6 × 5 1/8 in. (58.4 × 15.2 × 13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.874
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July 2008 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012

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