Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Disk Earrings

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)

Titles

Pair of Disk Earrings

Date900–1100 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions.1: 11/16 × 2 3/4 diameter in. (1.7 × 7 cm)
.2: 1/2 × 2 3/4 diameter in. (1.3 × 7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.804.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenancePossibly private collection, by 1968 [1]; [Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York] [2]; [private European collection] [2]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, Pre-Columbian Sale 6420, Lot 38] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–2001 [3] [4]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Allen Wardwell, The Gold of Ancient America (Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1968), 28, fig. 2, cup (2004.2536) linked to ear ornaments in Alan Lapiner's "Pre-Columbian Art of South America" is listed as private collection and not part of the exhibition.
[2] Sotheby’s New York catalog, May 17, 1993.
[3] Glassell Inventory- described on May 27, 1993.
[4] Glassell Photo Album #12.

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