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
Not on view

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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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