Unknown Central and South American
Disk and Tube Necklace

Disk and Tube Necklace

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Disk and Tube Necklace
Date500–1500 AD
PlaceColombia , South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 23L in. (3.2 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.868
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Cano Gallery (Guillermo Cano), New York, by at least August 16, 1990] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 16, 1990–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on August 16, 1990, purchased from Cano.

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