Ceremonial Pectoral Dish

CultureMoluccas peoples
Titles
  • Ceremonial Pectoral Dish
Date18th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 × 10 13/16 in. diameter (5.3 × 27.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2422
Non exposé

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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1994][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1996-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 12/15/94.

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Ceremonial Pectoral Dish
18th–19th century
Gold
2004.2320
Necklace
17th–19th century
Gold
2004.2305
Dish Pectoral
19th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2319
front of object
19th century
Gold leaf and wood
2004.2330
Crown
16th–17th century
Hammered and repoussé gold
2006.538
Pectoral
19th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2321
Wutala, Ancestral Crown
15th–17th century
Gold
2004.2311
Wutala, Ancestral Crown
17th–18th century
Gold
2004.2308
Crown
1735–1790
Hammered and repousse gold
2004.2281.A-.D
Man's Ceremonial Pectoral
1750–1800
Sheet gold
2004.2280
Crown
Early to mid 19th century
Gold sheet
2004.2380