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Tunjo offering

Tunjo offering

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Tunjo offering
Artist
CultureMuisca
Titles
  • Tunjo offering
Date900–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 5/16 × 7/8 in. diameter (8.4 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1106
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 19, 1990, lot 46]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 19, 1990–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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Plume Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Plume Ornament
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.1271
Litter Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Litter Ornament
c. 1450–1620 AD
Gold
2001.1253
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Crown Depicting Deity Effigy
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.900
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.831
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1235
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
100 BC–700 AD
Gold and string
2001.903
Toucan Staff Top
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962
front of objects
Unknown Central and South American
Crown adorned with ornaments depicting the Sun God
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Toucan Finial
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Finial
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.967
Miniature Seated Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.989
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1272
Unknown Central and South American