Necklace

CultureMoluccas peoples
Titles
  • Necklace
Datelate 18th–early 19th century
PlaceSoutheast Moluccas, Indonesia
MediumGold
Dimensions23 × 1 × 3/4 in. (58.4 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2006.539
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
On view

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Provenance[Frank Wiggers, Insulinde Indonesian Arts, Forest Knolls, California, before 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.

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