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Labret

Labret

Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Labret
Date100 BC–600 AD
MediumGold and turquoise
Dimensions1/2 × 13/16 in. (1.3 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4420
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 February 1973–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes AG 1077, which had entered collection by February 1973.

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