Sword Handle
Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword Handle
Date1900–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (24.1 × 8.6 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1396
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
Exposé
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the Russian Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., for one night only, at the dinner celebrating the Pushkin exchange, March 14, 2002 (see Goya loan file LN:2002.27).
"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
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006
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Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
97.1395
