Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword ornament of a bird with cannons
Date1875–1950
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions6 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 5 1/2 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1401
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"
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December 3, 2001 - March 3, 2002
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, March 13, - September 19, 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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Unknown African
1900–1950
Gold
2004.818
