Rattle Bead

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Rattle Bead
Date500–1550
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/16 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (2.7 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4456
Non exposé

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, Sale 6420 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 251]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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front of object
1200–1532 AD
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front of object
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front of object
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front of object
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1000 BC–1600 AD
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front of object
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