Pair of Ear Ornaments (Kowari)
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureBugis peoples
Titles
- Pair of Ear Ornaments (Kowari)
Datelate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 1/8 × 3 15/16 diameter in. (0.3 × 10 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2375.1,.2
Non exposé
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 5/17/95.
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. 276-277.
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Unknown Indonesian
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold alloy
2004.2369.1,.2
Unknown Indonesian
c. 19th century
Hammered gold with granulation and filigree
2006.531
