Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments

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CultureGreater Chiriqui

Titles

Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments

Date700–1550

PlaceCosta Rica

PlacePanama

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 1 7/8 in. diameter (4.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2437.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), Southport, Connecticut, and Florida; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2001, Sale 7659 Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Lot 435]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 2001–2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

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