Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Ring (Building with bird and cannons)
Date1800–1900
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 inches (4.1 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1526
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Unveiling ceremony of a mural by John Biggers in the lobby of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Building, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, on September 22, 1999 (LN:99.15).
"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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Unknown African
1900–1950
Gold
2004.818
