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Pair of Noblewoman's Ear Ornaments (Sialu)

Pair of Noblewoman's Ear Ornaments (Sialu)

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Pair of Noblewoman's Ear Ornaments (Sialu)
Artist
CultureNias peoples
Titles
  • Pair of Noblewoman's Ear Ornaments (Sialu)
Datec. late 19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 7 1/4 × 2 × 1/2 in. (18.4 × 5.1 × 1.3 cm)
 .2: 7 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 1/2 in. (18.4 × 5.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2382.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1997][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1997-22004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 7/2/97.
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. 288-289.

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