Bracelet (Töla Jaga)

CultureNias peoples
Titles
  • Bracelet (Töla Jaga)
DateLate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold, wood, trade cloth
Dimensions6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (16.5 × 16.5 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2427
Non exposé

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Provenance[Collection Rabier, Brussels, by 1989]; [Taisei Gallery, by 1992][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1992-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 11/13/92.

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