Tweezer Ornament

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Public Domain

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
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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