Pin

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Pin
Date1900–1915
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 1/2 in. (3.8 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1092
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, before 1997; given to MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Top of Hair Pin
1900–1915
Gold
97.889
Pin
1900–1915
Gold
97.1091
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1845–1855
Gold
97.1532
Hair Pin
1900–1915
Gold
97.890
Hair Pin
1920–1950
Gold
97.883
Hair pin
1900–1930
Ebonized wood and gold
97.884.2
Pendant
18th century
Gold
2006.537
Ring
1908–1918
Gold
97.1136
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1930
Ebonized wood and gold
97.884.3
Ring (with two cannons)
1930–1940
Gold
97.1221
Ceremonial Dragon Hairpin
19th–early 20th century
Gold and diamonds
2004.2261
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1900–1925
Wood and gold leaf
97.929