Unknown Central and South American
Three Tear-drop Shaped Ornaments

Three Tear-drop Shaped Ornaments

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Three Tear-drop Shaped Ornaments
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold foil
Dimensions.1,.2, Each: 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (6.4 × 4.1 cm)
 .3: 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (6.4 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4315.1-.3
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 11, 1999. Lot #200);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4315.3

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