Ear Ornament
CultureTolita-Tumaco
Titles
- Ear Ornament
Date600 BC–400 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold with stone bead
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (3.1 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.334
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.334
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Unknown Central and South American
600 BC–400 AD
Gold and platinum with stone beads
2010.333.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
400 BC–400 AD
Gold with stone beads
2010.681.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Gold with stone and shell inlays
2010.320.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
600 BC–400 AD
Gold and stone
2010.335.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and green stones
2010.606.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Gold inlaid with green stones
2010.315
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Stone
2010.316.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
500–1550 AD
Carnelian, stone, and gold
2010.485
Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and stone
2010.1156
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold and stone, probably sodalite
2002.4546.1,.2
