Ring

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring
Dateno date
PlaceAfrica
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 7/8 inches (4.8 × 4.8 × 4.8 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1097
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Unveiling ceremony of a mural by John Biggers in the lobby of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Building, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, on September 22, 1999 (LN:99.15).

"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
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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1800–1899
Gold
97.1126
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1940
Gold
97.1227
Ring with beetle
1800–1899
Gold
97.1172
Ring with two birds
1895–1905
Gold
97.1181
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1153
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1160
Ring surmounted by two birds
1850–1900
Gold
97.1209
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1157
Ring with floral and bird design
1895–1905
Gold
97.1166