Pair of Bracelets (Galang Gadang)
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureMinangkabau peoples
Titles
- Pair of Bracelets (Galang Gadang)
DateEarly 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold over wood
Dimensions.1: 2 5/8 × 5 × 5 1/4 in. (6.7 × 12.7 × 13.3 cm)
.2: 2 3/4 × 5 × 5 1/2 in. (7 × 12.7 × 14 cm)
.2: 2 3/4 × 5 × 5 1/2 in. (7 × 12.7 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2336.1,.2
Non exposé
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 7/22/94.
Published References Summerfield, Anne and John Summerfield, "Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau" (Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1999), 292, fig. 12.64.
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Unknown Indonesian
late 19th–early 20th century
Hammered gold with filigree and granulation
2004.2347
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th–early 20th Century
Gold alloy, bronze alloy, rubies, diamonds, and garnets
2004.2262
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th century
Wood and gold foil
2004.2424
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2