Three Rings Depicting Earth Deity

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Three Rings Depicting Earth Deity
Repoussée Ring

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions.1: 1 1/4 × 7/8 × 3/4 in. (3.2 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm)
.2 and .3, Each: 1 1/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (3.2 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.885.1-.3

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Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenancePossibly [Benjamin B. Johnson (c. 1938–90), Los Angeles, by 1987] [1]; Laurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), Southport, Connecticut, and Florida, probably by 1989–95; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1996, lot 29]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston May 14, 1996–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Offer to Mr. Glassell dated Jan. 9, 1987.

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