Wutala, Ancestral Crown

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Artist Unknown Indonesian

CultureMoluccas peoples

Titles

Wutala, Ancestral Crown

Date15th–17th century

PlaceIndonesia

MediumGold

Dimensions15 1/4 × 7 × 3 in. (38.7 × 17.8 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2311

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

208M Mullins Gallery

Exposé

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Department

Asian Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

COSTUME & ACCESSORIES

ProvenancePrivate collection, by 1994; [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, described 1/12/95.
Published References de Jonge, Nico and van Dijk, Toos, "Indonesia in Focus: Ancient Traditions - Modern Times" (Meppel: Edu' Actief Publishing Co., 1990), Frontispiece; 122. de Jonge, Nico and van Dijk, Toos, "Forgotten Islands of Indonesia: The Art and Culture of the Southeast Moluccas" (Hong Kong: Periplus Editions, 1995), 112, fig. 7.5; 113, fig. 7.7. Carpenter, Bruce, and Frank Wiggers, "Islands of Gold" in TRIBAL ARTS MAGAZINE, Volume I, Issue 3, 1994 (San Francisco/Paris), 61, fig. 5. Kal, Wilhelmina, et al., "Old Javanese Gold: (4th-15th century) An Archaeometrical Approach" (Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute, 1994), 27, 29 (references in text). 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. 268-269.

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