Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Necklace
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana/ivory Coast, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions12 3/4 × 3/4 inches (32.4 × 2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1328
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Unveiling ceremony of a mural by John Biggers in the lobby of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Building, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, on September 22, 1999 (LN:99.15).
"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
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012
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Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th–early 20th century
Gold foil, wood, copper, and coral
2004.2329
