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Disc Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Disc Ornament
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceCentral or South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.743
Non 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 1970–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 6, slide dated "JUL 70".

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