Pectoral Ornament with Seven Crouching Figures

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral Ornament with Seven Crouching Figures
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions6 × 7 3/4 × 1/2 in. (15.2 × 19.7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.918
Not on view

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ProvenanceKen Klassen, Bellington, Washington, before March 15, 2001 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least March 15, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- end of Glassell Album #16, described on March 15, 2001 purchased from Klassen.

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front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.924
Seven Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.1-.7
Pectoral with Figure
200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1017
front of object
200 BC–1000 AD
Gold
2001.1030.1,.2
Set of Seven Figural Pendants
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1031.1-.7
Pectoral with Two Faces
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.822
Pectoral
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1088
Pectoral
500–1500 AD
Gold
2001.1301