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CultureWolof peoples
Titles
  • Pendant
Date1900–1915
PlaceSenegal, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions2 × 3/4 inches (5.1 × 1.9 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1083
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Unveiling ceremony of a mural by John Biggers in the lobby of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Building, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, on September 22, 1999 (LN:99.15).

"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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