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Artist Unknown African

CultureAkan peoples

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Date1800–1899

PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa

MediumWood and gold leaf

Dimensions5 3/4 in. diameter (14.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number97.1004

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

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," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, March 13–September 19, 2004; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, July 26–November 2, 2008; Beeville Art Museum, Texas, September 17, 2011–January 7, 2012.

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

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