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Pair of Pendants in the Form of Crescent Shapes with Human Heads

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Pair of Pendants in the Form of Crescent Shapes with Human Heads
Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Pair of Pendants in the Form of Crescent Shapes with Human Heads
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions2010.1138: 6 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (15.9 × 10.4 × 3.2 cm)
 2010.1139: 5 1/8 × 5 × 1 1/2 in. (13 × 12.7 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1138-2010.1139
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 2005–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Robert Sonin report, dated January 20, 2005.

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