CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Clip of a Sankofa bird
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions5 × 2 1/2 inches (12.7 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1481
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"
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
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed on the verso: "K.Y.K.Y.".
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