Circular Disk with Face

front of object

Public Domain

CultureNariño
Titles
  • Circular Disk with Face
Date800–1500 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 × 7 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (2.5 × 19.1 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.847
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 1969–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #6, slide dated "AUG 69."

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