Pair of Ear Ornaments

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

Titles

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions1 7/8 × 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.8 × 1.9 × 0.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4403.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceKen Klassen, Burnaby, Washington, before February 8, 2000 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 8, 2000–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, object described on February 8, 2000.

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