Pectoral

CultureAkan peoples
Titles
  • Pectoral
  • soul Washer's Badge
Date1895–1905
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 5 1/4 in. (2.5 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.1323
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.
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

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Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1895–1905
Gold
97.1324
Pectoral
1850–1900
Gold
97.1329
Pectoral (frog in center)
1845–1855
Gold
97.1340
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
1870–1900
Gold
97.1327
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog - Pectoral .1
1850–1970
Gold
97.1541.1
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1336
Pectoral
1900–1950
Gold
97.1332
Pectoral
1825–1875
Gold
97.1338
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1335
Pectoral (Soul Washer's Badge)
1895–1905
Gold
97.1339
Pectoral
1895–1905
Gold
97.1333
Pectoral with Chain
1900–1925
Gold
97.1326.1,.2