Earspool Sections

Earspool Sections

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Earspool Sections
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (2.7 × 4.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4414.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 1973–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, object was examined by "ACL" (Alan C. Lapiner) in February 1973.

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