Chisel

Chisel

Public Domain

CultureCalima (probably)
Titles
  • Chisel
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/8 × 5/8 × 1/4 in. (8.6 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.993
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, 2001.993

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