Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Long Ringed Ornaments

CultureTolita-Tumaco
Titles
  • Pair of Long Ringed Ornaments
Date400 BC–400 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumCast gold
Dimensions.1: 1 7/16 × 1 1/16 diameter in. (3.6 × 2.7 cm)
.2: 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 diameter in. (3.7 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.875.1,.2
Not on view

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Provenance(Lot #43 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 20, 1995. Ex. collection of Laurence C. Witten II);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.875.1

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