Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

Amulet case (Gau)

Object Details

Provenance
To 1907
Unidentified owner, Columbo, Sri Lanka, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner in Columbo, Sri Lanka, in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Metal List, R. 5218, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Silver, glass beads, and turquoise
Dimensions
H x W x D: 13.6 x 6.1 x 2.1 cm (5 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in)
Type
Container
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top