Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Sword
Date1850–1900
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumIron
Dimensions43 7/8 × 7 1/2 × 2 inches (111.4 × 19.1 × 5.1 cms)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1384
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
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
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006
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