Comb
Artist
Unknown Indonesian
CultureSumba Island peoples
Titles
- Comb
Date18th–19th century
PlaceIndonesia
MediumGold, precious stones, and buffalo horn
Dimensions6 × 5 × 1 5/8 in. (15.2 × 12.7 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2006.534
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
208M Mullins Gallery
On view
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Department
Asian Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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. 248-249.
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Unknown Indonesian
c.1890
Gold alloy, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds
2004.2266.1,.2
Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256