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CultureJavanese
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  • Pair of Upper Armbands
Date9th-10th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 7 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (18.4 × 13.3 × 7 cm)
.2: 6 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/4 in. (17.1 × 13.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2230.1,.2
Not on view

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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 11/30/99.
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. 202-203.

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Crown
Unknown Indonesian
9th–10th century
Gold, amethyst, rock crystal
2004.2229
Pectoral
Unknown Indonesian
9th–10th century
Gold
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Unknown Indonesian
18th century
Gold
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Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and copper
2004.2255
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Unknown Indonesian
15th–17th century
Gold
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Unknown Indonesian
c.1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2266.1,.2
Pair of Arm Ornaments
Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Gold alloy, rubies, and diamonds
2004.2264.1,.2
Burial Mask
Unknown Indonesian
5th century or earlier
Gold
2004.2231
Pectoral
Unknown Indonesian
18th–19th century
Gold
2006.540
Crown
Unknown Indonesian
16th–17th century
Hammered and repoussé gold
2006.538
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
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Unknown Indonesian