Tweezer Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Tweezer Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 5/16 in. (4.4 × 3.5 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.857
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Andre Emmerich Inc., New York] [1]; Collection of Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray, by at least October 27, 1989; [Sotheby's, New York, October 27 and 28, 1989, lot 119]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, October 27 or 28, 1989—2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Emmerich listed in catalog provenance for lot 121.

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