Ornament

Public Domain

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CultureTiwanaku

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Ornament

Datec. 550–1100 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions1 9/16 × 3 1/2 in. diameter (4.0 × 8.9 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1297

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by May, 1979–2001 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, entry precedes artworks purchased in May, 1979.
[2] Glassell Album # 9, precedes slide of other artwork dated "NOV 79."

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