Ring with "starburst"

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring with "starburst"
Date1930–1940
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions2 × 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1224
Not on view

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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," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, March 13–September 19, 2004; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, July 26–November 2, 2008; Beeville Art Museum, Texas, September 17, 2011–January 7, 2012.

"The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, April 15–August 22, 2018.

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1925–1930
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1895–1905
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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1940
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