Sixteen Conical Ornaments

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Sixteen Conical Ornaments
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia , South America
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1292.1-.16
Non exposé

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Provenance[Cano Gallery (Guillermo Cano), New York, by at least August 16, 1990] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August, 1990–2001 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on August 16, 1990.
[2] Glassell Album # 12.

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Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
front of objects
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Pair of Frog Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.987.1,.2
Pair of Ornaments
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1241.1,.2
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.861.1-.5
Ornament
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1289
Bird Ornament
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1229
Hummingbird Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.966
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.856
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.855