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CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring with a leaf pattern
Date1945–1955
PlaceGhana/ivory Coast, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 1 × 3/4 inches (3.8 × 2.5 × 2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1212
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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.

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Ring with a leaf design
Unknown African
1845–1855
Gold
97.1216
scan from file photograph
Unknown African
1945–1955
Gold
97.1201
Ring with Four Birds
Unknown African
1930–1940
Gold
97.1236
Ring (with two cannons)
Unknown African
1930–1940
Gold
97.1221
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1234
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1230
Ring (with turtle, gun and shell)
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1237
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1235
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1242
Ring with "starburst"
Unknown African
1900–1925
Gold
97.1224
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1930–1940
Gold
97.1244
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1246
Unknown African