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Seashell

Seashell

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Seashell
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold and seashell
Dimensions1 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 2 in. (4.8 × 9.2 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1128
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by May 4, 2000–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- End of Glassell Album #16, number precedes purchase described on May 4, 2000.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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top view of object
Unknown Central and South American
Seashell
100 BC–800 AD
Gold and seashell
2001.1129
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Unknown Central and South American
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.4
2002.4440.10
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.10,.11
Abstract Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Abstract Pendant
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.984
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1217.1,.2
Female Shaman Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Female Shaman Pendant
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.998
Cup-shaped Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Cup-shaped Ornament
400–1000 AD
Gold
2004.2520
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
c. 300 AD
Gold
2001.1298
Miniature Seated Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.991
Miniature Seated Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.990
Figural Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Figural Pendant
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.983
Abstract Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Abstract Pendant
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.982
Unknown Central and South American