Pair of Double-sided Ear Ornaments

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CultureCalima

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Pair of Double-sided Ear Ornaments

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 15/16 × 1 1/2 diameter in. (2.3813 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.830.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[The Merrin Gallery, New York, by at least August 27, 1996] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by August 27, 1996—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- object precedes purchase from The Merrin Gallery on August 27, 1996.

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