Set of Eleven Ovoid Beads

Set of Eleven Ovoid Beads

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Set of Eleven Ovoid Beads
Date1–1550
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 7/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in. (1.1 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.650.1-.11
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, until 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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