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Pair of Butterfly Pendants

Pair of Butterfly Pendants

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Pair of Butterfly Pendants
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 3 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 3/4 in. (8.3 × 11.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.832.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceFrancisco O'Campo, New York, before May 9, 2001 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least February 22, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- end of Glassell Album #16, described on May 9, 2001 purchased from O'Campo.

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