Necklace

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Public Domain

CultureTolima
Titles
  • Necklace
Date500–1660 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold and stone
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.487
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot # 96 in Parke-Bernet Pre-Columbian Art Auction, February 28, 1970. Sale #2997);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "SEP 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.487

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