Ornament

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Ornament
Date1845–1855
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 inches (9.5 × 5.7 × 1.25 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1316
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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1850–1865
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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1915
Gold
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Pendant
1900–1915
Gold
97.1053
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1915
Gold
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Pendant
1850–1865
Gold
97.1037
Pendant
1900–1915
Gold
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Ornament (Form of an alligator)
1800–1899
Gold
97.1315
Pendant
1870–1880
Gold
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