Necklace

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Necklace
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana/ivory Coast, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions12 3/4 × 3/4 inches (32.4 × 2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1328
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Unveiling ceremony of a mural by John Biggers in the lobby of the Jesse H. Jones School of Business Building, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, on September 22, 1999 (LN:99.15).

"African Gold From The Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston"
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December 3, 2001 - March 3, 2002
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, March 13, - September 19, 2004
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, 26 July 2008 - 2 November 2008
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, 18 February 2005 - 31 May 2005
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 November 2005 - 26 March 2006
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 26 May 2006 - 26 November 2006
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012

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1845–1855
Gold and glass beads
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Gold, coral, and plastic
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1900–1915
Gold
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Soul washer's badge
1800–1899
Wood and gold leaf
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1870–1900
Gold
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Necklace
1895–1905
Gold
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Gold foil, wood, copper, and coral
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1900–1915
Gold and glass beads
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1925–1935
Gold
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Shell, stone
44.180
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1976
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1850–1899
Gold
97.1593