Gong and clapper

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Gong and clapper
Date1930–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, gold leaf, and fiber string
Dimensions.A: 8 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (21 × 11.4 × 3.8 cm)
.B: 7 × 1 3/4 × 7/8 inches (17.8 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.876.A,.B
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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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