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Pectoral

Pectoral

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral
Date1000 BC–1400 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions6 7/8 × 9 in. (17.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.821
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceKen Klassen, Bellingham, Washington, and Burnaby, British Columbia, before August 20, 1993 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 20, 1993–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described August 20, 1993.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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Pectoral Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Pectoral
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Pectoral
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.824
Pair of Hoop Earrings
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Hoop Earrings
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.811.1,.2
Pair of Spiraled Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Spiraled Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.801.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.816.1,.2
Pectoral
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.823
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Double-sided Ear Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.819.1,.2
Pectoral
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1303
Pectoral
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1302
Pectoral
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1304
Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments
300–1550 AD
Gold
2004.2438.1,.2
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.953
Unknown Central and South American