Repousee Tweezer shape ornament with head and wings

CultureJama Coaque
Titles
  • Repousee Tweezer shape ornament with head and wings
Date200 BC–800 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in. (4.2 × 4.4 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.676
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1992–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory, precedes object described September 25, 1992.

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front of object
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.682
front of object
500–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1041
Ornament in the Form of a "Tweezers" with a Human Face
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and stone
2010.1156
front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold, silver
2010.1145
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1200–1532 AD
Gold
2010.1157-2010.1159
front of object
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.1135-2010.1137
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1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1150
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1151
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1152