Artist
Unknown African
CultureAkan peoples
Titles
- Soul washer's disc
Date1850–1970
PlaceGhana/ivory Coast, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (9.5 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1541.2
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
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 Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
Unknown African
1945–1960
Wood and gold leaf
97.1306