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Headdress

Headdress

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Headdress
  • Helmet
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.398
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlbert Keller (1879–1939), New York, by the early 1920s [1]; [...]; private collection, Europe [1]; by descent to private collector, until 1989 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1989, lot 69]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1989–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's Catalog.
Exhibition HistoryZurich, The Rietberg Museum, 1961-1982

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