Ring with Man Scraping Bark

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Ring with Man Scraping Bark
Date1900–1930
PlaceAfrica
MediumGold
Dimensions2 × 3/4 × 7/8 in. (5.1 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.1612
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004, 2004.1612

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Linguist Staff with Finial Representing a Man Scraping Bark from a Tree
Osei Bonsu
1920–1978
Wood and gold leaf
97.1297.1,.2
Ring
1900–1915
Gold
97.1072
Ring
1845–1855
Gold
97.1094
Ring
1845–1855
Gold
97.1096
Ring
1845–1855
Gold
97.1095
1945–1955
Gold
97.1098
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
no date
Gold
97.1097
Ring
1900–1915
Gold
97.1099
Ring with cactus leaves and flower
1895–1905
Gold
97.1184
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1895–1905
Gold
97.1185