Pectoral

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Pectoral
  • Soul Washer's Badge
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/16 × 4 11/16 × 1 1/4 in. (13.5 × 11.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1333
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
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 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

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Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1336
Pectoral
1850–1900
Gold
97.1329
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1335
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1339
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog - Pectoral .1
1850–1970
Gold
97.1541.1
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1323
Pectoral with Chain
1900–1925
Gold
97.1326.1,.2
Pectoral
1900–1950
Gold
97.1332
Pectoral
1925–1935
Gold
97.1330
Pectoral (frog in center)
1845–1855
Gold
97.1340
Pectoral
1900–1925
Gold
97.1337
Pectoral
1920–1950
Gold
97.1341