Lime or Tobacco Container (Salapah)

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CultureMinangkabau peoples

Titles

Lime or Tobacco Container (Salapah)

DateLate 19th–early 20th century

PlaceIndonesia

MediumSilver and gold

Dimensions8 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/4 in. (21 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2333

Non exposé

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Department

Asian Art, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1999][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1999-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 3/12/99.

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Votive Figural Sculpture, or "Axe"

c. 1000–500 BC

Greenstone

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Bowl

900–200 BC

Stone

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early 20th century

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