Labret

Labret

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Labret
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 11/16 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (4.3 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1383
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's, 11.22.99, lot #220);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1383

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