Group of Large Bead-Shaped Ring Ornaments

Group of Large Bead-Shaped Ring Ornaments

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Group of Large Bead-Shaped Ring Ornaments
CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Group of Large Bead-Shaped Ring Ornaments
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold foil
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.882.1-.4
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least November 1987—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #10, before May 1987 auction.

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