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CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring with human head
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 1/2 inches (4.1 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1197
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.

"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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Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1226
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1190
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1522
Pendant in the form of a mask
Unknown African
1850–1865
Gold
97.1032
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1113
Ring surmounted by a mudfish
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1218
Ring with two human faces
Unknown African
1925–1935
Gold
97.1196
Pectoral
Unknown Indonesian
9th–10th century
Gold
2004.2228
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
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1930–1940
Gold
97.1244
Unknown African