Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Pectoral with Chain
Date1900–1925
PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions6 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (17.1 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1326.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1] Invoice No. 046 dated September 6, 1986; letter dated October 6, 1986.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
"African Cosmos: Stellar Arts," The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., June 20-December 9, 2012; The Newark Museum, New Jersey, February 27-August 12, 2013.(OL.776)
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