Pair of Human Figures

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CultureMalagana

Titles

Pair of Human Figures

Date200 BC–200 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions.1: 15 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (39.4 × 21.6 cm)
.2: 16 9/16 × 9 3/16 in. (42.1 × 23.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.880.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceGeorge Ortiz (1927–2013), Geneva [1]; sold through [Robert Duff (La Paz Ltd.), Cedar, Michigan] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1998–2008 [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Email from Robert Duff, dated April 25, 2019.
[2] Glassell inventory, precedes object described January 8, 1998.

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