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Pectoral

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Pectoral
Date1000–1500 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 5/8 in. (14 × 17.5 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.785
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly previous private collection, Ohio, by 1946 [1]; John Wise (1902–1981), New York, by d. 1981 [1]; by descent to his wife, Nora Wise, 1981–1985 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 31, 1985, lot 62]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1985–2008 [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #10.
Exhibition HistoryCleveland Museum of Art, 1946.

Taft Museum, Ohio, 1950.

Museum of Modern Art, 1954.

World's Fair Travel Exhibit, New York, 1964–1965.

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