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Pectoral with Monkeys

Pectoral with Monkeys

Public Domain

Pectoral with Monkeys
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral with Monkeys
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions10 3/16 × 13 7/8 × 1/4 in. (25.9 × 35.2 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.757
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 1999–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 15, precedes object bought at auction November, 1999.
Exhibition History"Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

"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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