Unknown Central and South American
Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú) (possibly)
Titles
  • Ornament
Date1000–1550
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. diameter (4.8 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.646
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, until 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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