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Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Necklace
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold foil
Dimensions15 1/8 × 3/4 in. (38.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4471
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Louis Slavitz (1907–1992), New York]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, Sale 7391 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 200]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1999–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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Necklace
Unknown Central and South American
Necklace
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold Foil
2002.4476
Eight Crocodile Figural Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Eight Crocodile Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.39-.46
Fourteen Figural Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Fourteen Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.8-.21
Seven Figural Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Seven Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.1-.7
Four Figural Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Four Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.35-.38
Thirteen Figural Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Thirteen Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.22-.34
Group of Large Bead-Shaped Ring Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Group of Large Bead-Shaped Ring Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold foil
2001.882.1-.4
Figural Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Figural Pendant
500–1550 AD
Gold foil
2002.4215
Ornament with Deity Effigy
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Deity Effigy
100 BC–700 AD
Gold and silver foil
2002.4221
Staff with Bird
Unknown Central and South American
Staff with Bird
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4285
Three Tear-drop Shaped Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Three Tear-drop Shaped Ornaments
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4315.1-.3
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4389
Unknown Central and South American