Lime or Tobacco Container (Salapah)

Lime or Tobacco Container (Salapah)

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Lime or Tobacco Container (Salapah)
CultureMinangkabau peoples
Titles
  • Lime or Tobacco Container (Salapah)
DateLate 19th–early 20th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumSilver and gold
Dimensions8 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/4 in. (21 × 5.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2333
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, CA, by 1999][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1999-2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1]Glassell Inventory, described on 3/12/99.

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