Bracelet

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Bracelet
Date1875–1970
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions [Overall]: 3 × 1 1/2 inches (7.6 × 3.8 cms)
[.B (pin)]: 1 1/2 × 1/2 inches (3.8 × 1.25 cms)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1452.A,.B
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
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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