Bracelet (Töla Jaga)
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureNias peoples
Titles
- Bracelet (Töla Jaga)
DateLate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold, wood, trade cloth
Dimensions6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (16.5 × 16.5 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2427
Not on view
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 11/13/92.
Published References Feldman, Jerome, et al., "Nias Tribal Treasures: Cosmic Reflections in Stone, Wood, and Gold" (Delft: Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, 1990) 132, plate 44; 276, cat. no. 181. De Moor, Maggie, "Gold Jewellery in Nias Culture," "Arts of Asia Magazine" (July-August 1989), 83. 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. 294-295.
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Unknown Central and South American
c. 1000–500 BC
Greenstone
2023.232
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2