Artist
Unknown African
CultureYoruba peoples, Ijebu group
Titles
- Rattle Anklet
Date1765–1835
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumCopper alloy
Dimensions 1 1/4h × 6 3/4L × 8d inches (3.18 × 17.15 × 20.32 cm.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Robert E. Hansen in memory of Margaret Peck McEwan
Object number90.423
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
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Unknown Central and South American
550–800 AD
Earthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
87.283
Unknown Central and South American
600–900 AD
Earthenware with slip
89.264
Unknown Central and South American
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1000–1250 AD
Earthenware with slip
86.507
Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, plastic discs, mussel shells, cowry shells, hornbill skull, and cotton cloth
90.501
