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Frontal (Lamba)

Frontal (Lamba)

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Frontal (Lamba)
Artist
CultureSumba Island peoples
Titles
  • Frontal (Lamba)
Date19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumSheet gold, rattan
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 × 1/8 in. (19.1 × 22.9 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2279
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Francois Rabier, by 1993][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1994-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 8/20/93.

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