Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

CultureChimú (possibly)
Titles
  • Ornament
Date1100–1450
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumMother-of-pearl
Dimensions1 1/2 × 1 in. (3.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4438.1
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least November 1970–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #6, before slide dated "NOV 70".

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