Chair

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CultureAsante peoples

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Chair

Date1900–1920

PlaceGhana, Africa

MediumWood, leather, brass tacks, finials and sheeting

Dimensions39 1/2 × 33 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (100.3 × 85.1 × 72.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.755

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

FURNITURE

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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–August 13, 1989.

"Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500–Present," Detroit Institute of Arts, April 11–August 8, 2010; Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, September 25, 2010–January 9, 2011.

"The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, April 15–August 22, 2018.

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