Unknown Central and South American
House Model

House Model

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • House Model
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceCalima, Colombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions.A (house): 3 1/4 × 3 × 5 in. (8.3 × 7.6 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1365.A,.B
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 1998–2001 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on August 31, 1998.
[2] Glassell Album # 14, precedes object bought in November, 1998.

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