Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Armband
Date1900–1950
PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumLeather, wood, gold leaf, cloth, rayon thread and cord
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 4 in. (21.6 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.912
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
On view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
"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
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Unknown African
1900–1950
Leather, gourd, iron, wood, gold leaf, cast gold, and repoussé sheet gold
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