Pair of Disks

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CultureNariño

Titles

Pair of Disks

Date800–1500 AD

PlaceColombia , South America

MediumHammered gold

DimensionsEach: 6 1/2 diameter in. (16.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1299.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance[André Emmerich (1924–2007) Gallery, New York] [1]; private collection, Europe [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 1988, lot # 48]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1988–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album # 11.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Painted on the verso in black: "YE387"

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