Unknown Indonesian
Pectoral Disk (Bulan Mas)

CultureMoluccas peoples
Titles
  • Pectoral Disk (Bulan Mas)
Date18th–19th century
Made inIndonesia
Found inIndonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions8 15/16 × 8 3/4 × 1/4 in. (22.7 × 22.2 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2301
Not on view

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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1996][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1997-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 2/13/97.

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