Unknown Central and South American
Headdress

Headdress

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Headdress
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1278
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 November 22, 1999 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes purchase on November 22, 1999.

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