CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Crown in the form of a headband
Date1900–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold leaf, wood, and velvet
Dimensionsflat: 4 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (11.4 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.901
Non exposé
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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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