Pair of Disk Earrings

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CultureZenú (Sinú) (possibly)

Titles

Pair of Disk Earrings

Date500–1500 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 5 × 3 3/8 diameter in. (12.7 × 8.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.814.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenancePrivate European collection by at least November 21, 1988 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 1988, lot 47]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 21, 1988–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's Catalog
[2] Glassell Album #11, slide of object dated "NOV 88."

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