Unknown Central and South American
Miniature House Model

Miniature House Model

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Miniature House Model
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 3 in. (4.1 × 3.8 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1378
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.

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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Gold
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front of object
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Gold and white gold
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Three Miniature Chisels
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Four Miniature Chisels
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Four Miniature Chisels
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Gold
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Miniature collar
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature collar
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Miniature Seated Figure
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Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.991
Miniature Seated Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.990
Miniature Seated Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.989