Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

CultureMezcala (possibly)
Titles
  • Necklace
Date200 BC–300 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumGreenstone and gold
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (40.6 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4409
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 1994, Sale 6625 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 50] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 15, 1994–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on November 21, 1994.

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