Two Sets of Beads

Two Sets of Beads

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Two Sets of Beads
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumStone
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2511.1,.2
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 January 8, 1998–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on January 8, 1998.

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