Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Ring
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1/2 × 7/8 inches (1.25 × 2.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1190
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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