Unknown Central and South American
Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Necklace
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia , Central America
MediumGold
Dimensions7 1/4 × 6 × 3/4 in. (18.4 × 15.2 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1245
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 18, 1991, lot #36);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1245

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