Hair Pin

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Hair Pin
Date1920–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 inches (11.4 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.883
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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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Hair pin
1900–1930
Ebonized wood and gold
97.884.2
Bracelet
1875–1970
Gold
97.1463
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1940
Gold
97.1227
Bracelet
no date
Gold
97.1147
Bracelet
1875–1970
Gold
97.1451
Top of Hair Pin
1900–1915
Gold
97.889
Necklace
1845–1855
Gold and glass beads
97.1520
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1845–1855
Gold
97.1532
Hair Pin
1900–1915
Gold
97.890
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1225
Soul washer's disc
1850–1970
Gold
97.1541.2
Pair of Hourglass-shaped Ear Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2