Dangle labret

CultureMixtec
Titles
  • Dangle labret
Date1000–1521 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/8 × 3/4 × 5/16 in. (6.0 × 1.9 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1215
Not on view

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ProvenanceJay C. Leff (1925–2000), Uniontown, PA, by at least 1972 [1]; western private collection, by 1994 [2]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 1994, lot 64]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1994–2001 [3]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Allentown Art Museum, Pre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica from the Collection of Jay C. Leff: Exhibited at the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 13–April 16, 1972, no. 61.
[2] Sotheby's auction catalog.
[3] Glassell Album #13.
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica from the Collection of Jay C. Leff: Exhibited at the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 13–April 16, 1972, no. 61.

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