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Finial of Graduated Spikes

Finial of Graduated Spikes

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Finial of Graduated Spikes
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold foil
Dimensions5 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (14.6 × 3.2 × 2.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4313
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4313

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