Disk Pectoral Ornament with a Feline Face

Disk Pectoral Ornament with a Feline Face

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Disk Pectoral Ornament with a Feline Face
CultureJama Coaque
Titles
  • Disk Pectoral Ornament with a Feline Face
Date200 BC–800 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.767
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceProbably [Andre Emmerich Inc., New York, before May 1971] [1]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, since at least May 1971–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell album #7, slide with Emmerich's name and catalog number "YE 172" dated "MAY 71."

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