Tweezer Ornament

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Tweezer Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions7 1/2 × 3 13/16 × 1/2 in. (19.1 × 9.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.860
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by August 27, 1996—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- object precedes purchase from Merrin Gallery on August 27, 1996.

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front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.861.1-.5
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.857
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.859
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.856
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.853
Tweezer Ornament
1–800
Gold
2001.858
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.855
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.850
Tweezer Ornament
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.854
Fly Whisk
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and horsehair
97.863