Unknown Central and South American
Crown

Crown

Public Domain

Crown
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Crown
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions4 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. diameter (10.5 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.831
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 23, 1998, lot 63]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 23, 1998–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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