Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Knife
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumIron, wood, gold leaf
Dimensions9 × 1 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches (22.9 × 3.8 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1265
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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
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Unknown African
1900–1950
Leather, gourd, iron, wood, gold leaf, cast gold, and repoussé sheet gold
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