Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Ornament with Seven Crouching Figures

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

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

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

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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