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CultureBalinese
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  • Dance Crown Set
Dateearly 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold and precious stones
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 6 3/4 × 7 in. (19.1 × 17.1 × 17.8 cm)
Other (A): 1 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (3.2 × 19.1 × 13 cm)
Other (B): 2 1/4 × 8 5/8 × 4 in. (5.7 × 21.9 × 10.2 cm)
Other (C): 5 3/4 × 10 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (14.6 × 25.7 × 4.4 cm)
Overall (D): 4 × 4 13/16 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 12.2 × 1.3 cm)
Overall (E): 14 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (36.2 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2258.A-.E
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, 1996-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, 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. 228-229.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
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Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
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2004.2255
Pair of Arm Ornaments
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c. 1890
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Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2263
Pair of Arm Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
c.1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2266.1,.2
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold
2004.2374.1,.2
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold and gemstones
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Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold
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Headband
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold, silver, fabric, beads, string, paper
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Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold, silver, beads
2004.2376.1,.2
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1800–1825
Marble, semi-precious stones
94.1153.1
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Unknown Indonesian
18th–19th century
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2006.534
Unknown Indonesian