Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Tubular Ornaments

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Public Domain

Pair of Tubular Ornaments
Artist
CultureTolita-Tumaco
Titles
  • Pair of Tubular Ornaments
Date400 BC–400 AD
PlaceEcuador/Colombia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 1 5/16 × 9/16 diameter in. (3.3 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.679.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1988–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory, precedes two objects described December 15, 1988
[2] Glassell Album # 11, adjacent to objects dated 1988.

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