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Miniature Ornament Mask

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureTolita-Tumaco
Titles
  • Miniature Ornament Mask
  • Shaman
Date600 BC–400 AD
PlaceEcuador
PlaceColombia
MediumGold and white gold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 11/16 in. (3.8 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.953
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.953
Published References Lapiner, 1976, fig. 773

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