Pectoral with Figure

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CultureNahuange

Titles

Pectoral with Figure
Serankua

Date200–300 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions6 1/2 × 12 × 1/8 in. (16.5 × 30.5 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1017

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), New Haven, Southport, Connecticut, and Florida, probably by 1989–1995 [1]; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1996, lot 38]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 14, 1996–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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