Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword Handle with a Rooster, Hen, and Man
Date1845–1855
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions10 × 5 5/8 × 4 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1304
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"
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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Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1283
Unknown African
1945–1960
Wood and gold leaf
97.1306
Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1287
Unknown African
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1299
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
97.1395
