Plaque

Plaque

Public Domain

CultureJama Coaque (possibly)
Titles
  • Plaque
Date200 BC–800 AD
Found inEcuador (possibly)
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/2 in. (7.9 × 5.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1223
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1223

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