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CultureMaya
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments
Date100–900 AD
Possible placeMexico
Possible placeGuatemala
MediumJade
Dimensions.1: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (8.6 x 7.9 x 3.2 cm)
.2: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (8.3 x 8.3 x 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2007.1186.1,.2
Not on view

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Provenance[Alphonse Jax, New York, before 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.

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