Soul washer's badge

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Soul washer's badge
Date1800–1899
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood and gold leaf
Dimensions5 3/4 in. diameter (14.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1004
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"African Gold from the Glassell Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, March 13–September 19, 2004; Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Spring, Texas, July 26–November 2, 2008; Beeville Art Museum, Texas, September 17, 2011–January 7, 2012.

"The Power of Gold: Asante Royal Regalia from Ghana," Dallas Museum of Art, April 15–August 22, 2018.

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1850–1899
Gold
97.1593
Soul washer's disc
1850–1970
Gold
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1895–1905
Gold
97.1328
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1870–1900
Gold
97.1327
Fern ornament for a headdress
1850–1900
Gold
97.877
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1339
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1336
Soul Washer's Badge
1850–1899
Wood, gold leaf
97.1590
Necklace (Spider in Web)
1925–1935
Gold
97.1325
Necklace
1900–1915
Repousse sheet gold and glass beads
97.1002
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Gerd Rothmann
Designed 1988, made 1998
Gold
2002.4054.A,.B
Necklace
400–1100 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.871