Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Finial of a parrot
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensionsheight, overall: 9 1/2 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1416
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the Russian Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., for one night only, at the dinner celebrating the Pushkin exchange, March 14, 2002 (see Goya loan file LN:2002.27).
"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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