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CultureMinangkabau peoples
Titles
  • Bracelet
Datelate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold, rubies, and emeralds
Dimensions2 1/16 × 4 5/16 × 4 in. (5.2 × 11 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2346
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
Exposé

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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 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. 304-305.

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1966
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