Disk Shaped Pectoral

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Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Disk Shaped Pectoral
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceCentral or South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.796
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 January 1974–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #8, precedes slide dated "JAN 74."

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