Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword bearer's helmet
Date1900–1925
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumAntelope skin, wood, and gold leaf
Dimensions8 3/8 × 9 3/4 × 4 inches (21.3 × 24.8 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.893
Not 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," 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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