CultureQuimbaya
Titles
- Four Beads in the Form of a Head
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 2 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (5.1 × 6.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.270.1-.4
Non exposé
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On adhesive linen (?) on verso: "4"
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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900–1550 AD
Stone and gold
2010.488
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300