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CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring
Date1945–1955
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 inches (3.8 × 6.4 × 5.1 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1100
Not 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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1945–1955
Gold
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Ring
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Gold
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1895–1905
Gold
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1920–1930
Gold
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1895–1905
Gold
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1850–1865
Gold
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Ring
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1895–1905
Gold
97.1246
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Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1535
scan from file photograph
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1138
Ring (with turtle, gun and shell)
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1237
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1900–1915
Gold
97.1104
Unknown African