Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Disk Earrings

Pair of Disk Earrings

Public Domain

Artist
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
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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