Signet ring with initials "WKT"

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Signet ring with initials "WKT"
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/16 × 9/16 inches (2.7 × 1.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1228
Non exposé

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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"
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
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 17 September 20011 - 7 January, 2012

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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1895–1905
Gold
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Ring
1895–1905
Gold
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1850–1865
Gold
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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1930–1940
Gold
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Ring
1800–1899
Gold
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"Siegelring" [Signet Ring]
Gerd Rothmann
1987
Silver and gold
2002.4052
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1176
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1190
Ring
1895–1905
Gold
97.1226
Ring with tortoises and cannons
1925–1935
Gold
97.1145
Ring with "starburst"
1930–1940
Gold
97.1224