Pair of Disk Earrings

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CultureQuimbaya

Titles

Pair of Disk Earrings

Date200–1600 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions.1: 1 15/16 diameter x 7/8 in. (4.9 x 2.2 cm)
.2: 1 15/16 diameter × 13/16 in. (4.9 × 2.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.805.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Cano Gallery (Guillermo Cano), New York by at least August 16, 1990] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 16, 1990–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on August 16, 1990, purchased from Cano.

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