Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Necklace
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold foil
Dimensions15 1/8 × 3/4 in. (38.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4471
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Louis Slavitz (1907–1992), New York]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, Sale 7391 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 200]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1999–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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