Headdress

CultureMinangkabau peoples
Titles
  • Headdress
DateLate 19th or early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold sheeting, wood
Dimensions8 3/4 × 8 1/2 dia. × 10 1/2 in. (22.2 × 21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2327
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
On view

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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1993][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1994-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 10/15/93.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Walk in Splendor: The Minangkabau and Their Ceremonial Arts," at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, from May 2 to September 26, 1999 (LN:99.8).

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