Ring with tortoises and cannons

Ring with tortoises and cannons

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Ring with tortoises and cannons
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring with tortoises and cannons
Date1925–1935
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 in. (3.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1145
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.
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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