Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Disk Earrings

Pair of Disk Earrings

Public Domain

Pair of Disk Earrings
Artist
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
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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