Pair of Ear Ornaments with Stone Pendants

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CultureTolita-Tumaco

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Stone Pendants

Date600 BC–400 AD

PlaceEcuador

MediumGold and platinum with stone beads

DimensionsEach: 1 15/16 × 1 × 5/16 in. (5 × 2.6 × 0.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.333.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1988;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.333.1

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