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Disk

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Disk
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Disk
Date400–1000 AD
PlaceBolivia, South America
MediumGold or gold alloy
Dimensions7 1/8 in. dia. (18.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2540
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
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 May 12, 1979–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes objects purchased from Sotheby's auction on May 12, 1979.
Exhibition History"Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca," Denver Art Museum, October 16, 2004–January 23, 2005.

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Disk
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Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold
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Crown Decorated with Condor, Feline, and Serpent Deities
900–200 BC
Gold
2004.2485
Disk with Image of Sun God
Unknown Central and South American
Disk with Image of Sun God
400–1100 AD
Gold
2004.2525
recto of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Pierced Embossed Circular Plaques
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.807.1,.2
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
600–1600 AD
Gold-copper alloy (tumbaga)
2010.551
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Disk Ornament with Figures of a Squatting Human and Double-Headed Serpent
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.780
Nose Ornament with Serpents
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Serpents
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.928
Ornament with Double-headed Serpents, Feline Deity Head, and Disk Pendants (one of a pair)
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Double-headed Serpents, Feline Deity Head, and Disk Pendants (one of a pair)
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1203.1
Ornament with Double-headed Serpents, Feline Deity Head, and Disk Pendants (one of a pair)
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Double-headed Serpents, Feline Deity Head, and Disk Pendants (one of a pair)
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1203.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Disk Shaped Ear Ornaments
1–200 AD
Gold
2010.365.1,.2
Mask and Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Mask and Pair of Ear Ornaments
400 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.436.1-.3
Ornament in the Form of a Feline
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the Form of a Feline
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1181
Unknown Central and South American