Chastity Belt
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureMajapahit peoples
Titles
- Chastity Belt
Date14th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions14 × 3 1/2 × 1 in. (35.6 × 8.9 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2245
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
On view
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 1/3/96.
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. 210-211.
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Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256
