Earring

Earring

Public Domain

CultureVicús (possibly)
Titles
  • Earring
Date200 BC–400 AD
MediumGold and greenstone
Dimensions1 3/4 × 2 × 1 1/16 in. (4.4 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4454
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 22, 1993–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Sotheby's auction on November 22, 1993.

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