Unknown African
Ring

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (3.45 × 3.75 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1528
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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
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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Goldweight in the form of a mudfish
Unknown African
1900–1977
Brass
77.89
Ring
Unknown African
1845–1855
Gold
97.1096
Pair of Rings
Unknown African
1920–1930
Gold
97.1137.1,.2
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1114
Ornament (alligator with mudfish)
Unknown African
1925–1935
Gold
97.1492
Chief's ring of a "man-of-war" ship
Unknown African
1850–1900
Gold
97.1202
scan from file photograph
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1138
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1161
Ring
Unknown African
1800–1899
Gold
97.1118
Ornament
Unknown African
1915–1925
Gold
97.1129
Ring
Unknown African
1925–1935
Gold
97.1146
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1187