Pair of Cone-Shaped Ear Ornaments with Monkeys

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CultureNariño

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Pair of Cone-Shaped Ear Ornaments with Monkeys

Date600–1600 AD

Made inEcuador (possibly)

Made inColombia (possibly)

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 1 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. diameter (4.8 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.344.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least May, 1971 [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAY 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.344.1
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Paper label on interior: 1 1/2

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