CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Necklace
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold and glass beads
Dimensions15 3/4 × 1 in. (40 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1008
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, Georgia, 13 March 2004 - 19 September 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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100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, gold, resin
2010.985.1,.2
Late 19th–early 20th century
Gold with granulation, gold beads, and red cord
2004.2316
