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Pectoral Disk

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureVeraguas
Titles
  • Pectoral Disk
Date900–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 1/4 in. (13.3 × 13.3 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.794
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1986 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 86"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.794

Similar to lot #89 in Parke-Bernet's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, February 28, 1970 (Sale #2997). The Glassell piece has a subtle convex shape to it.

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200 BC–800 AD
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front of object
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