Two-part Waisted Bead

Two-part Waisted Bead

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Two-part Waisted Bead
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 × 1 1/2 in. (8.9 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4303
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, 2002.4303

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