Pair of Earrings

Pair of Earrings

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CultureSulawesi Island peoples
Titles
  • Pair of Earrings
Date5th-10th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 1/2 × 1 3/4 diameter in. (1.3 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2362.1,.2
Not on view

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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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