Pair of Square Ornaments with Deities

Pair of Square Ornaments with Deities

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Pair of Square Ornaments with Deities
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Pair of Square Ornaments with Deities
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
Dimensions2010.823: 4 7/16 × 4 5/16 in. (11.3 × 11 cm)
 2010.824: 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.7 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.823-2010.824
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, probably since at least 1984 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 84"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.823

(Similar round pectoral sold at Sotheby's NY 11.25.1996 lot 48)

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