Earring (Ata Wolo or Mboko Leba)

CultureLio peoples
Titles
  • Earring (Ata Wolo or Mboko Leba)
DateEarly 19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions4 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (11.7 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2284
Non 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.

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