Unknown Central and South American
Tweezer Ornament

Tweezer Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Tweezer Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (4.8 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.853
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston by at least July 31, 1989—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number between objects described on July 31, 1989.

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