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Chief's Betel Leaf Bag

Chief's Betel Leaf Bag

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Chief's Betel Leaf Bag
Artist
CultureNage peoples
Titles
  • Chief's Betel Leaf Bag
Date18th–19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions12 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 3/8 in. (32.7 × 10.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2291
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceProbably owned by a Deu clan leader of Bo'a Wae Village, Nage Region, Indonesia; [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 9/18/97.
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. 256-257.

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