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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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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
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1895–1905
Gold
97.1242
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1225
Ring
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1800–1899
Gold
97.1123
Pendant in the form of a mask
Unknown African
1850–1865
Gold
97.1032
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
1930–1940
Gold
97.1227
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1176
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1234
Ring with "starburst"
Unknown African
1900–1925
Gold
97.1224
Bird with cannons ring
Unknown African
1800–1899
Gold
97.1117
Ring
Unknown African
1895–1905
Gold
97.1124
Chief's ring of a "man-of-war" ship
Unknown African
1850–1900
Gold
97.1202
Ring
Unknown African
1845–1855
Gold
97.1096
Unknown African