CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Linguist Staff
Date1870–1930
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
DimensionsOverall (.A): 29 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (75.6 × 5.7 cm)
Overall (.B): 29 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (74.9 × 3.2 cm)
Overall (.B): 29 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (74.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1494.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
On view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1292.1,.2
1930–1939
Carved wood and gold leaf
2006.210.1,.2
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1498
Osei Bonsu
1947–1956
Wood and gold leaf
97.1267.A-.D
Osei Bonsu
1945–1960
Wood and gold leaf
97.1289.1,.2
Osei Bonsu
1935–1945
Wood and gold leaf
97.1294.A-.C
Osei Bonsu
1945-1960
Wood and gold leaf
97.1298
Osei Bonsu
1920–1930
Wood and gold leaf
97.1274