Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Soul washer's badge
Date1850–1899
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1593
Not 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
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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Unknown African
1825–1840
Sheet gold, sheet metal, cloth, feathers, leather, wood, and metal staples
97.908
Unknown English
c. 1780–1800
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with overglaze enamel
B.71.117.A,.B
