Seashell

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CultureCalima

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Seashell

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold and seashell

Dimensions1 7/8 × 3 5/8 × 2 in. (4.8 × 9.2 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1128

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by May 4, 2000–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- End of Glassell Album #16, number precedes purchase described on May 4, 2000.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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