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Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.1 × 1.9 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2491
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, Pre-Columbian Sale 6420, Lot 252]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

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