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Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 in. (4.4 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4385
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Daniel Rifkin, New York, before November 24, 2000 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least November 24, 2000–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, lot described on November 24, 2000.

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