Sword Ornament Representing a Monkey with a Cricket

Sword Ornament Representing a Monkey with a Cricket

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Sword Ornament Representing a Monkey with a Cricket
CultureAkan peoples, Kwahu group
Titles
  • Sword Ornament Representing a Monkey with a Cricket
Date1930–1940
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1402
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
On view

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