Necklace of Tiny Figural Foil Beads

Necklace of Tiny Figural Foil Beads

Public Domain

CultureMuisca
Titles
  • Necklace of Tiny Figural Foil Beads
Date900–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 × 4 × 1/16 in. (7.6 × 10.2 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4304
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4304

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