Bracelet

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Bracelet
Date1875–1970
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions3 7/8 × 3 1/8 inches (9.8 × 7.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1463
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"
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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1875–1970
Gold
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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
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Gold
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1920–1950
Gold
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Ring
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Gold
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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1875–1970
Gold
97.1458.1,.2
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
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Gold
97.1471.2
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9th–10th century
Gold and rock crystal
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Bracelet
no date
Gold
97.1147
Sword handle of a hand holding a snake
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Wood and gold leaf
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