Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword ornament of a gaboon viper with a hornbill
Date1860–1900
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions5 in. height (12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1403
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," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 10, 1989–August 13, 1989.
"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, March 13–September 19, 2004; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, July 26–November 2, 2008; Beeville Art Museum, Texas, September 17, 2011–January 7, 2012.
"The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, April 15–August 22, 2018.
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