Chief's Pectoral Disk (Tabilu)

CultureSumba Island peoples
Titles
  • Chief's Pectoral Disk (Tabilu)
Date18th–19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions1/2 × 5 1/2 diameter in. (1.3 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2289
Non exposé

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

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 5/31/96.

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