Pair of Hollow Circular Ear or Nose Ornaments with Beads

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CultureTairona

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Pair of Hollow Circular Ear or Nose Ornaments with Beads

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions2010.730: 3/8 × 11/16 diameter in. (1 × 1.7 cm)
2010.731: 1/4 × 3/4 diameter in. (0.6 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.730-2010.731

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenancePrivate collection; [Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, lot 252]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1993–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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