Headdress

Headdress

Public Domain

CultureNias peoples
Titles
  • Headdress
DateLate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold and beads
Dimensions21 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 1/4 in. (54.6 × 4.1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2364
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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