Chief's crown

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Chief's crown
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold leaf, wood, and velvet
Dimensions8 × 10 1/2 in. diameter (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.898
Not 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, 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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