Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments

Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments
Date300–1550 AD
PlaceCentral America
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 2 3/4 × 2 5/8 × 3/4 in. (7 × 6.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2438.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), Southport, Connecticut, and Florida; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2001, Sale 7659 Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Lot 435]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 2001–2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

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