Pair of Disk Shaped Ear Ornaments

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Pair of Disk Shaped Ear Ornaments
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pair of Disk Shaped Ear Ornaments
Date1–200 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 × 1/2 in. (11.2 × 11.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.365.1,.2
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1988–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 11, precedes object purchased on May 17, 1988.
[2] Glassell Inventory.

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