Seashell

top view of object

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Seashell
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold and seashell
Dimensions3 1/2 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (8.9 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1129
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 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.

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100 BC–800 AD
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Gold or gold alloy
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Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
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Gold or gold alloy
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front of object
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Gold
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Gold
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500–1550 AD
Gold and glass beads
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
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1000–1550 AD
Gold
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900–1500 AD
Gold
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