Tweezer Ornament

CultureMalagana
Titles
  • Tweezer Ornament
Date200 BC–300 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions7 1/4 × 4 1/16 × 1/2 in. (18.4 × 10.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1130
Non exposé

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ProvenancePossibly Ken Klassen, Bellingham, Washintgon, and Burnaby, British Columbia, before August 20, 1993 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 20, 1993– 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number between purchases described on August 20, 1993.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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200 BC–400 AD
Gold and stone
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front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold, silver
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front of object
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2010.1157-2010.1159
front of object
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.1135-2010.1137
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1150
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1151
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1152
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1153
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1154