Storage container with several bracelets

Storage container with several bracelets

Public Domain

CultureBaule (possibly)
Titles
  • Storage container with several bracelets
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumLeather, ivory, cloth, reeds
Dimensions11 1/2 × 4 inches diameter (29.2 × 10.2 cm diameter)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.940
Non exposé

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Department
African Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.

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