Necklace with Multiple Beads

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Necklace with Multiple Beads
Date1850–1965
PlaceGhana/Ivory Coast, Africa
MediumCast gold and repousse sheet gold
Dimensions15 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (39.4 × 7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.998.1,.2
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.

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Necklace
1900–1915
Leather, repoussé sheet gold, wire, cast gold beads
97.1015
Necklace
1900–1915
Repousse sheet gold and glass beads
97.1002
Bandolier with ornaments
1900–1950
Leather, gourd, iron, wood, gold leaf, cast gold, and repoussé sheet gold
97.743
Queen's Crown
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1850–1865
Cast gold, sheet gold, gold wire
97.935
scan from file photograph
1930–1940
Cast gold, sheet gold, gold wire
97.946
Crown
16th–17th century
Hammered and repoussé gold
2006.538
Crown
1900–1950
Repousse sheet gold
97.788
Necklace
1900–1915
Cast Gold
97.992
Necklace
1845–1855
Gold and glass beads
97.1520
Necklace
1800–1899
Cast Gold
97.994