Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Crown Decorated with gold leaf objects
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, velvet, gold leaf
Dimensions2 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (7.3 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.895
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
"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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