Ring

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions2 × 2 1/8 × 7/8 inches (5.1 × 5.4 × 2.3 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1072
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"
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 2008 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012

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Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2004.2495
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1125
Ring (surmounted by crab)
1800–1899
Gold
97.1220
Ring (forms of fish and crabs)
1800–1899
Gold
97.1241
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1895–1905
Gold
97.1245
Ring
1900–1915
Gold
97.1106
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1528
Bride's Head Ornament (Sertali)
Late 19th–early 20th century
Gold with granulation, gold beads, and red cord
2004.2316
Bracelet
Late 19th–early 20th Century
Gold, bronze, rubies, diamonds, and garnets
2004.2262
Ring
1925–1935
Gold
97.1146
Pair of Rings
1920–1930
Gold
97.1137.1,.2