Pair of Ear Ornaments with Composite Animal Finials

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Composite Animal Finials
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments with Composite Animal Finials
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 1 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/8 in. (4.1 × 6.1 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.356.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's NY, 11.18.1987, lot #56);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.356.1

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