Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral with Two Faces

Pectoral with Two Faces

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Pectoral with Two Faces
Artist
CultureMalagana
Titles
  • Pectoral with Two Faces
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (41 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.822
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, June 2, 1999, lot 36]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, June 2, 1999–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

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