Pendant

Pendant

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Pendant
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumShell
DimensionsOverall: 1/2 × 1 in. (1.3 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.744
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 1970–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #6, precedes slide dated "SEP 70."

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front of object, in case as received by MFAH
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