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Pectoral Ornament

front of object, as mounted to black velvet

Public Domain

Pectoral Ornament
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (20.7 × 27.3 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.749
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
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1987–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, precedes object purchased on May 19, 1987.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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100 BC–800 AD
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front of object
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Disk Pectoral Ornament with Geometric Designs
600–1600 AD
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Disk Pectoral Ornament with a Feline Face
200 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.767
Disk Shaped Pectoral Ornament with Two Raised Ridges
Unknown Central and South American
Disk Shaped Pectoral Ornament with Two Raised Ridges
600–1600 AD
Gold
2010.775
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Ornament with a Human Face
600–1600 AD
Gold
2010.770
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament pectoral
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.805
Disk Shaped Pectoral Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Disk Shaped Pectoral Ornament
600–1600 AD
Gold
2010.776
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Ornament
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.756
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Ornament in the Form of a Stylized Bird
1–200 AD
Gold
2010.790
Openwork Spiked Pectoral
Unknown Central and South American
Openwork Spiked Pectoral
800–1500 AD
Gold
2002.4333
Pectoral Disk with Embossed Human Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Disk with Embossed Human Figure
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.784
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Disk
900–1550 AD
Gold
2010.791
Unknown Central and South American