Crescent-shaped Pectoral with Face and Bosses

Crescent-shaped Pectoral with Face and Bosses

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Crescent-shaped Pectoral with Face and Bosses
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Crescent-shaped Pectoral with Face and Bosses
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 8 5/16 × 3/8 in. (8.9 × 21.1 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4301
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #218 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000 (Sale7476));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4301

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