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Ring

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Ring
Date1–1650 AD
PlacePeru?
MediumGilt copper
DimensionsOverall: 9/16 × 13/16 in. (1.5 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.876
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by around July 1970–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, near slide dated "JUL 70."

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