Unknown Central and South American
Bell Ornament

Bell Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Bell Ornament
Date500–1550
Mediumgold
Dimensions1 × 15/16 × 11/16 in. (2.5 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4462
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 May 17, 1993–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes objects purchased from Sotheby's auction on May 17, 1993.

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