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Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials

Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
 .2: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.324.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Andre Emmerich, NY, by 1965);
(Sotheby's NY, 11.26.1985, Lot #64);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1985 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 1983"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.324.1
Published References Andre Emmerich, "Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon," Seattle, 1965, fig. 119

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