Comb

CultureAsante peoples
Titles
  • Comb
Date1925–1935
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions7 × 3 3/8 × 1/2 inches (17.8 × 8.6 × 1.25 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1264
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"
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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1900–1970
Wood and gold leaf
97.779
Comb
no date
Wood and gold leaf
97.780
Comb
1900–1970
Wood and gold leaf
97.782
Comb
1900–1915
Wood and gold leaf
97.783
Comb
1900–1970
Wood, gold leaf
97.778
Woman's Hair Comb Set (Sukhu Ana'a)
19th century
Wood, gold, and cloth
2004.2366.A-.E
Ornament (Lion)
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf
97.1488
Ornament (Frog)
1895–1905
Wood, gold leaf
97.1491
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1945
Wood, gold leaf
97.939.A,.B
Comb
1900–1970
Wood, paint
97.785
Comb
18th–19th century
Gold, precious stones, and buffalo horn
2006.534
Sword
1935–1945
Iron, gold leaf and wood
97.1383