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CultureNias peoples
Titles
  • Necklace
Date19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions7 3/8 × 8 × 1 1/2 in. (18.7 × 20.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2360
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
206M Arnold Gallery
Exposé

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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1995][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1995-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[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. 296-297.

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Crown
Unknown Indonesian
Mid to late 19th century
Gold, rattan
2004.2381
Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
late 18th–early 19th century
Gold
2006.539
Unknown
c. late 18th - early 19th century
Leather, porcupine quills, glass beads, silk, and sinew
2025.767.A,.B
Overall front
Unknown African
Early 20th century
Wood, glass beads, and brass
2023.145
Betel Nut Container
Unknown Indonesian
20th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2293
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
c. 19th century
Hammered and repoussé gold
2006.541
Burial Mask
Unknown Indonesian
5th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2231
Wutala, Ancestral Crown
Unknown Indonesian
15th–17th century
Gold
2004.2311
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
16th–17th century
Hammered and repoussé gold
2006.538
Pair of Hourglass-shaped Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
17th–19th century
Gold
2004.2305
Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold
2004.2383
Unknown Indonesian