Ring

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring
Date1800–1899
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 × 1 1/2 inches (3.5 × 2.5 × 3.8 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1126
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
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Ring with tortoises and cannons
1925–1935
Gold
97.1145
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
no date
Gold
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Ring with beetle
1800–1899
Gold
97.1172
Ring
1925–1935
Gold
97.1143
Ring
1895–1905
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97.1151
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1930–1940
Gold
97.1221