Pectoral with Human Face

Pectoral with Human Face

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Pectoral with Human Face
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral with Human Face
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions12 × 8 7/8 in. (30.5 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.825
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceKen Klassen, Bellington, Washington, before August 31, 1998 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by August 31, 1998–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described August 31, 1998.

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