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CultureMinangkabau peoples
Titles
  • Headdress
DateLate 19th or early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold sheeting, wood
Dimensions8 3/4 × 8 1/2 dia. × 10 1/2 in. (22.2 × 21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2327
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1993][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1994-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 10/15/93.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Walk in Splendor: The Minangkabau and Their Ceremonial Arts," at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, from May 2 to September 26, 1999 (LN:99.8).
Published References Summerfield, Anne and John Summerfield, "Walk in Splendor: Ceremonial Dress and the Minangkabau" (Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1999), 84, fig. 5.15. 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. 308-309.

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Headdress
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Wood, gold leaf, cloth and mirrors
2004.2341
Headband of a Crown
Unknown Indonesian
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold, coral and glass beads
2004.2343
Kris
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold sheeting, ivory, wood, and metal
2004.2339.A,.B
Ceremonial Frontal Crown
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th century
Gold
2004.2421
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
1735–1790
Hammered and repousse gold
2004.2281.A-.D
Bracelet
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th–early 20th century
Gold and rubies
2004.2338
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold with brass backing
2004.2335.A,.B
Belt Buckle
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Repousse gold over copper
2004.2307
Woman's Bridal Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold, coral beads
2004.2342
Selendang
Unknown Indonesian
1800–1850
Silk, gold, and silver thread
97.128
Sultan's Crown (Songko)
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold wire and plant fibers
2004.2357
Woman's Ceremonial Collar
Unknown Indonesian
Early 20th century
Chintz, gold, and wood
2004.2332
Unknown Indonesian