Headband

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

Titles

Headband

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia , South America

MediumGold

Dimensions5 3/8 × 6 in. diameter as mountesd (13.7 × 15.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.908

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance[Cano Gallery (Guillermo Cano), New York by at least January 31, 1991] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 31, 1991–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on January 31, 1991, purchased from Cano along wtih AG2144.

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