Betel Nut Container
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureFlores Island peoples
Titles
- Betel Nut Container
Date20th century or earlier
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions3 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (9.9 × 11.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2293
Non exposé
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 10/03/03.
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. 254-255.
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