Unknown African
Ear Ornaments (pair)

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Artist Unknown African

CultureFulani

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Ear Ornaments (pair)

Date1900–1950

PlaceMali, North Africa, Africa

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall (Each): 2 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (6.2 × 4.4 × 7.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.4.A,.B

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

201M Blaffer Gallery

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Department

African Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.4.A,.B
Exhibition History"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
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Label on each ornament (now in accession file in Registrar's office): "M187535 / 01/2 Chen / Palan"

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