Helmet

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Public Domain

CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Helmet
Date200–1000 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. diameter (6.4 × 14.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.901
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlice Kay Bache (1903—1977); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, before 1989 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 20, 1989, lot 71]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 20, 1989—2001; given to MFAH, 2001. [1] Deaccessioned

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