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Pectoral with Figure

Pectoral with Figure

Public Domain

Pectoral with Figure
Artist
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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