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Arm Ornament

Arm Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Arm Ornament
Datec. 300 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (12.1 × 10.8 × 7.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4196
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before May 22, 2001] [1] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least May 22, 2001[1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, end of Glassell Album #16, described on May 22, 2001.
[2] Glassell Album #15.

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Arm Ornament
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Arm Ornament
200 BC–400 AD
Hammered and filigreed gold
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500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.881.1,.2
Pair of Arm Ornaments with Stylized Feline Faces
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Pair of Arm Ornaments with Stylized Feline Faces
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.906.1,.2
front side of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Deity Effigy
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.846
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
c. 700
Gold
2001.1264
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.849
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Repousse Bands
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Repousse Bands
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2002.4192.1,.2
Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
Unknown Central and South American
Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.843
Pair of Ornaments with Embossed Faces
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornaments with Embossed Faces
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.799.1,.2
Pair of Double-sided Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Double-sided Ear Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.836.1,.2
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.803.1,.2
Pair of Hourglass-shaped Ear Ornament with Disk Pendants
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Hourglass-shaped Ear Ornament with Disk Pendants
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.827-2001.828
Unknown Central and South American