Ring (Monkey eating/Man with rifle)
Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Ring (Monkey eating/Man with rifle)
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/2 inches (6.4 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1535
Not on view
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.
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