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Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Ornament
  • from a display Board with 24 objects including 10 half-spheres
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumGold
Dimensionssmallest to largest object: 5/16 × 9/16 inches diameter to 2 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 inches

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4532
Non 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 August 1969–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #6, before slide dated "AUG 69".

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Unknown Central and South American
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.4
2002.4440.10
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.10,.11
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1217.1,.2
Cup-shaped Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Cup-shaped Ornament
400–1000 AD
Gold
2004.2520
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
c. 300 AD
Gold
2001.1298
Nose Ornament with Serpents
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Serpents
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.928
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.950
Headdress ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Headdress ornament
1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.845
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1197.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
1–1550
Gold
2001.913
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2002.4525
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold and silver
2001.942
Unknown Central and South American