Sword handle of a hand holding a snake
Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword handle of a hand holding a snake
Date1845–1855
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions13 × 3 7/8 × 5 in. (33 × 9.8 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1276
Non exposé
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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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Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
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Late 19th–early 20th Century
Gold alloy, bronze alloy, rubies, diamonds, and garnets
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Goopee Nath Dutt & Co.
1927–1928
Wood, silver, and velvet
2024.568.1,.2
Unknown
late 19th-early 20th c.
Wood
2025.829
