Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Disk Ornaments with Faces

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Pair of Disk Ornaments with Faces
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Pair of Disk Ornaments with Faces
Date400–1100 AD
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 1 1/8 in. diameter (2.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.734.1,.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 1969–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Lou Slavitz report, July 1969.

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