Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials

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Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials

Date300–1550 AD

PlacePanama

MediumGold

Dimensions.1: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
.2: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.324.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance(Andre Emmerich, NY, by 1965);
(Sotheby's NY, 11.26.1985, Lot #64);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1985 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 1983"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.324.1

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