Sword with Amulet Bundle

CultureNias peoples
Titles
  • Sword with Amulet Bundle
DateLate 19th to early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumSteel, wood, brass, rattan, boar's tusks, and tiger teeth
Dimensions(.A, Sword): 25 × 2 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 6.1 × 3.8 cm)
(.B, sheath): 24 3/8 × 6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (61.9 × 16.5 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2417.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
206M Arnold Gallery
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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1997][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1997-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 2/13/97.

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