Tweezer Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Tweezer Ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 × 1 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.1 × 3.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.859
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 22, 2001—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- AG# between purchases from Ocampo described on August 4, 2000 and February 22, 2001.

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