Pectoral with Chain

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Pectoral with Chain
Date1900–1925
PlaceGhana/Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions6 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (17.1 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1326.1,.2
Non exposé

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Provenance[Wright Gallery, New York, by 1986]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., Houston, 1986; given to MFAH, 1997.

[1] Invoice No. 046 dated September 6, 1986; letter dated October 6, 1986.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" from June 10, 1989 through August 13, 1989 at the MFAH.

"African Cosmos: Stellar Arts," The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., June 20-December 9, 2012; The Newark Museum, New Jersey, February 27-August 12, 2013.(OL.776)

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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog - Pectoral .1
1850–1970
Gold
97.1541.1
Pectoral
1925–1935
Gold
97.1330
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1335
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1323
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1339
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1333
1900–1915
Gold, gold-leaf, leather
97.1026.1,.2
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1336
Pectoral
1850–1900
Gold
97.1329
Pectoral
1900–1950
Gold
97.1332
Pectoral (frog in center)
1845–1855
Gold
97.1340
Pectoral
1900–1925
Gold
97.1337