Unknown Central and South American
Crown

Crown

Public Domain

Crown
Artist
CultureQuimbaya or Uraba
Titles
  • Crown
  • Headband
Date1–800
PlaceColombia , South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 1/2 × 6 1/2 dia. in. (11.4 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1015
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceKen Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, before January 20, 1994 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 20, 1994 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on January 20, 1994.

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