Unknown Central and South American
Figure

Figure

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Figure
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 3/4 in. (8.9 × 4.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2493
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 November 3, 1997–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object described on November 3, 1997.

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