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Piercing Instrument

Piercing Instrument

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Piercing Instrument
  • Tool
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia (possibly)
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/16 × 1/8 × 1/8 in. (5.5 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1125
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 October, 1989–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010 [1]; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #11, precedes object bought at auction, October 1989.

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