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Bead

Bead

Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús (possibly)
Titles
  • Bead
Date200 BC–400 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions5/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (0.8 × 1.0 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4455
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 December 17, 1985–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object described on December 17, 1985.

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