165 Pieces of Metal (most are figures or spears)

165 Pieces of Metal (most are figures or spears)

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165 Pieces of Metal (most are figures or spears)
CultureCalima
Titles
  • 165 Pieces of Metal (most are figures or spears)
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4306
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4306

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