Elbow Amulet

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Elbow Amulet
Date1850–1865
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, gold leaf, cloth, thread, and chain
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 3 3/4 × 2 in. (22.9 × 9.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.977
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
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"; 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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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1915
Wood, gold leaf, leather, thread
97.978
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1915
Wood, leather, gold leaf, and silk thread
97.976
Fly Whisk
1945–1955
Wood, gold leaf, hair, cloth
97.1505
Fly Whisk
1895–1905
Wood, gold leaf, hair, cloth
97.1504
Fly Whisk
1945–1955
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, string
97.849
Whip
1925–1935
Wood, gold leaf, cloth, leather
97.1506
Staff
1900–1997
Bamboo, brass, cloth, wood, and gold leaf
97.1509
Fly Whisk (in the form of two people playing "oware")
1945–1955
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, red cloth, string
97.870
Fly Whisk
1925–1935
Horsehair, wood, gold leaf, and cloth
97.850
crown decorated with gold leaf objects
1900–1915
Velvet, wood, gold leaf
97.892
Pendant
1845–1855
Wood, gold leaf, chain, cloth
97.1087
Chief Swordbearer's Headdress
1825–1840
Sheet gold, sheet metal, cloth, feathers, leather, wood, and metal staples
97.908