Circular Disk with Face

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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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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Pectoral
18th–19th century
Gold
2006.540
front of object
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.903
front of object
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.902
front of object
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.904
Armband
200 BC–400 AD
Hammered silver and filigreed gold
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17th–18th century
Gold
2004.2308
Pendant
900–1500 AD
Gold
2001.1240
Pair of Ornaments with Embossed Faces
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.799.1,.2
Cup Depicting the Decapitator Deity
400–1100 AD
Gold
2004.2536
Crown
19th century
Cast and soldered gold
2004.2285
Funerary Mask
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.826