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Set of Five Crown Ornaments

Set of Five Crown Ornaments

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Set of Five Crown Ornaments
Artist
CultureJavanese
Titles
  • Set of Five Crown Ornaments
Date9th–10th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2246.1-.5
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 2001][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 2001-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 06/06/01.
Published References Frances Marzio, "The Glassell Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold" (Houston: MFAH; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), pp. 204-205.

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