Pair of Ear Ornaments with Embossed Center and Lizards or Crocodiles on Tips

Pair of Ear Ornaments with Embossed Center and Lizards or Crocodiles on Tips

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Embossed Center and Lizards or Crocodiles on Tips
CultureNariño
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments with Embossed Center and Lizards or Crocodiles on Tips
Date600–1600 AD
PlaceColombia/Ecuador
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 2 13/16 × 6 15/16 in. (7.1 × 17.6 cm)
 .2: 2 13/16 × 6 7/8 in. (7.1 × 17.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.343.1,.2
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Andre Emmerich, New York, "YE 181" and "YE 182");
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least May, 1971 [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAY 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.343.1

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