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Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) or Pucara
Titles
  • Ornament
Datec. 300 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 3 in. diameter (4.1 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1298
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, 2001, 2001.1298

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front of object
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front of object
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1100–1450 AD
Gold
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