Exhibitions

African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

May 26, 2006 – November 26, 2006

National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC

North Galleries, Sublevel 1

See on Map Floor Plan

Approximately 135 works of art represent the rich diversity of Akan gold work and royal regalia from Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa (primarily from the region formerly known as the Gold Coast). Objects include cast-gold or gold-leaf jewelry, linguist staffs, swords, figurative sculpture, and other regalia.

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