Pair of Ornaments with Stylized Crocodiles

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CultureCalima

Titles

Pair of Ornaments with Stylized Crocodiles
Ornament (one of a pair)

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions.1: 4 1/16 x 10 3/4 x 1/8in. (10.3 x 27.3 x 0.3cm)
.2: 3 3/4 × 10 7/8 × 1/8 in. (9.5 × 27.6 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.905.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceKen Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, before March 15, 2001 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least March 15, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory in Glassell Album #16, described on March 15, 2001

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