Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Ring
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 7/8 inches (3.8 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1226
Non exposé
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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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