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Pectoral

Pectoral

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions12 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (31.8 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.754
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1986, lot 26]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 24, 1986–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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600–1600 AD
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900–200 BC
Gold Template for mount in accession file.
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Unknown Central and South American
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900–200 BC
Gold
2010.818
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200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1017
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200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.822
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Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.823
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Unknown Central and South American
Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2004.2540
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Unknown Central and South American
Poporo Representing a Female Shaman Holding Gourd Form Poporos
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.859
Unknown Central and South American