CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Amulet
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, leather, gold leaf, and silk thread
Dimensions8 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (22.2 × 14.9 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.976
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
202M Sterling Galleries
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, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July 2008 - 2 November 2008
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1945–1960
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
97.1268
1825–1840
Sheet gold, sheet metal, cloth, feathers, leather, wood, and metal staples
97.908
