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Head Ornament

Head Ornament

Public Domain

Head Ornament
Artist
CultureToraja peoples
Titles
  • Head Ornament
Date19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumBronze
Dimensions6 1/2 × 7 5/8 × 1/4 in. (16.5 × 19.4 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2379
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
206M Arnold Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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 1/3/96.
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. 280-281.

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