Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)

2002.4440.10

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Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold or gold alloy
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4440.10,.11
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least November 1970–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #6, before slide dated "NOV 70".

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2002.4440.12
Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2002.4440.12,.13
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.4
.A,.B
Pair of Circular Ornaments (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold
2002.4440.1.A,.B
Plaque Ornament (one of thirteen)
Plaque Ornament (one of thirteen)
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2002.4440.9
Plaque Ornament (one of thirteen)
Plaque Ornament (one of thirteen)
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2002.4440.8
Pair of Ear Ornaments (Kowari)
Pair of Ear Ornaments (Kowari)
late 19th–early 20th century
Gold alloy
2004.2369.1,.2
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Pair of Ear Ornaments
19th century
Gold with copper alloy backings
2004.2349.1,.2
front of objects
Crown adorned with ornaments depicting the Sun God
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Set of Thirteen Ornaments with Deity
Set of Thirteen Ornaments with Deity
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1058.1-.13
Thirteen Figural Ornaments
Thirteen Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.22-.34
Ornament (one of thirteen)
Ornament (one of thirteen)
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2002.4440.7
Semicircular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Semicircular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold
2002.4440.2