CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Comb
Date1900–1970
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood, cloth, thread, beads, paint
Dimensions26 1/2 × 5 5/8 × 3 inches (67.3 × 14.3 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.784
Not on view
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African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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1870–1900
Wood, sacrificial matter, cotton cloth, string, and glass beads
91.237
Oscar de la Renta
1960–1969
Silk, metallic thread, brilliants, plastic beads, sequins, and feathers
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Graciela Iturbide
1979
Gelatin silver print
2002.1346
Philippe Venet
1970–1979
Silk chiffon, paillettes, rhinestones, silver sequins, white, gold, bronze bugle beads, gold seed beads, and metallic gold thread
99.614.A,.B
Robin Kranitzky
1997
Micarta, polymer clay, copper leaf, faux gold leaf, glass beads, brass, copper, silver, postcard fragments, found objects, Mylar, and balsa
2002.3881