CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Crown
Date1900–1950
PlaceIvory Coast, Africa
PlaceGhana, Africa
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
PlaceCote d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumVelvet, wood, and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 8 in. diameter (22.9 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.891
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition History"The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Muserum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 10–August 13,1989.
"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.
"African Cosmos: Stella Arts," Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, January 31–June 28, 2015.
"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.
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