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Spider

Spider

Public Domain

Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Spider
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
PlacePanama
Mediumgold
Dimensions1/4 × 1 3/16 × 7/8 in. (0.6 × 3.0 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4457
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, Sale 6420 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 252]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Spider
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Spider
100–800 AD
Hammered, cut, and filigreed gold
2001.1361.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Two Spiders
100–800 AD
Gold
2001.954
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Ornament Mask
600 BC–400 AD
Gold and white gold
2010.953
Disk
Unknown Central and South American
Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2004.2540
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.607
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Feline Heads
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.530
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Eye and Snake
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.531
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Feline Heads
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.529
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.735
back view of two objects mounted together
Unknown Central and South American
Headdress
c. 300
Gold
2004.2521
Lid
Unknown Central and South American
Lid
c. 300
Gold
2002.4348
Lid
Unknown Central and South American
Lid
c. 300
Gold
2002.4347
Unknown Central and South American