Unknown Central and South American
Butterfly ornament

Butterfly ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CulturePeruvian (possibly)
Titles
  • Butterfly ornament
Date1900–1990 (possibly)
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 1 × 1/8 in. (3.2 × 2.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.647
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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