Unknown African
Chief's sandals

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Chief's sandals
Date1900–1999
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumLeather, wood, and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall (Each): 12 × 6 × 4 in. (30.5 × 15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1347.A,.B
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"
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July 2008 - 2 November 2008
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012
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1900–1980
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1895–1905
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1998
Patent leather
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1900–1915
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Brass
77.151
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c. 1975
Suede leather
91.1960.A,.B
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1900–1915
Wood, leather, gold leaf, and silk thread
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