Unknown Central and South American
Tweezers

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Tweezers
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 2 in. (15.9 × 6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.852
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection before November 20, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1995, lot 59]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, November 20, 1995—2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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