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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
On view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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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Late 19th to early 20th century
Steel, wood, brass, rattan, boar's tusks, and tiger teeth
2004.2417.A,.B
