Tweezers

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Tweezers
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 2 in. (15.9 × 6 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.852
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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ProvenancePrivate collection before November 20, 1995; [Sotheby's, New York, November 20, 1995, lot 59]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, November 20, 1995—2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.856
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.861.1-.5
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.851
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.855
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.859
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.850
Tweezer Ornament
1–800
Gold
2001.858
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.853
Tweezer Ornament
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.854
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.860
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.857
Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
2001.1005.1-.27