Ring

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions7/8 × 1 3/8 inches (2.4 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1234
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
202M Sterling Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.

"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

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Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1225
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1176
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1940
Gold
97.1227
Ring with tortoises and cannons
1925–1935
Gold
97.1145
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1528
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1895–1905
Gold
97.1242
Ring
1845–1855
Gold
97.1096
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1190
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1226
Ring with "starburst"
1930–1940
Gold
97.1224
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1124