Pair of Toad Ornaments

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CultureNasca

Titles

Pair of Toad Ornaments

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold, turquoise, spondylus shell, resin

DimensionsEach: 5/8 × 11/16 × 1 in. (1.6 × 1.8 × 2.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1294.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1970–until d. 2008 [1] [2] [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 5, slide dated "JUL 70"
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Examined by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, according to letter dated 8/17/1971.

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