Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Pectoral
- Soul Washer's Badge
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/16 × 4 11/16 × 1 1/4 in. (13.5 × 11.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1333
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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