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Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament

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Public Domain

Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
Date1–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 7 × 9/16 in. (4.4 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1147
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 1993–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #12, precedes object bought at auction, May 1993.

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Unknown Central and South American
Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1150
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Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1151
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Unknown Central and South American
Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1152
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Unknown Central and South American
Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1153
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Unknown Central and South American
Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1154
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Unknown Central and South American
Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1146
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Unknown Central and South American
Elongated "Tweezer" Ornament
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1148
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1–1550 AD
Gold
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Gold
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100–800 AD
Gold
2010.1135-2010.1137
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200 BC–400 AD
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Unknown Central and South American
Tweezer Ornament
800–1375 AD
Gold, silver
2010.1145
Unknown Central and South American