Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Ornaments

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 2 x 2 1/4 x 1/2 in. (5.1 x 5.7 x 1.3 cm)
 .2: 2 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 6 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.816.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 18, 1991, lot 288]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, November 18, 1991—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described November 19, 1991.

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