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CultureBalinese
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  • Brooch
Datelate 18th–early 19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold alloy, silver alloy, red cloth, and inlaid gemstones
Dimensions5 1/2 × 5 5/8 × 1/2 in. (14 × 14.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2269
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
206M Arnold Gallery
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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 2001][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 2001-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 1/24/01.

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. 222-223.

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c. 1890
Gold alloy, rubies, and diamonds
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17th–early 18th Century
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Brooch
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th century
Gold and rubies
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Vessel
Unknown Indonesian
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold alloy and gemstones
2004.2268
Necklace
Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2263
Belt Buckle
Unknown Indonesian
late 19th century
Gold alloy, cabochon rubies
2004.2265
Pair of Arm Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
c.1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2266.1,.2
Necklace
Unknown Indian
19th century
Gold, gold alloy, gemstones, cloth cord
2004.2390
Wutala, Ancestral Crown
Unknown Indonesian
15th–17th century
Gold
2004.2311
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold alloy, silver, rubies and diamonds
2004.2260
Kris Handle
Unknown Indonesian
late 18th–early 19th Century
Gold with inlaid glass and stones
2004.2272
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Unknown Indonesian
19th century
Gold
2004.2426
Unknown Indonesian