Pair of Ear Ornaments

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments
Date1–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 2 3/8 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (6 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)
.2: 2 3/8 × 4 × 1/8 in. (6 × 10.2 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.357.1,.2
Non exposé

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Provenance(Sotheby's NY 5.19.1987 lot #58);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.357.1

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