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Ancestral Figurative Pendant

Ancestral Figurative Pendant

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Ancestral Figurative Pendant
Artist
CultureMoluccas peoples
Titles
  • Ancestral Figurative Pendant
Date18th–19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions3 7/16 × 4 1/4 × 3/16 in. (8.8 × 10.8 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2315
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1996][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1996-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described 5/31/96.

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