CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Fern ornament for a headdress
Date1850–1900
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions7 3/4 × 1 in. (19.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.877
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, 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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1825–1840
Sheet gold, sheet metal, cloth, feathers, leather, wood, and metal staples
97.908
