Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Ear Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. diameter (4.4 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4202
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, 2002.4202

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