Unknown Central and South American
Pendant

Pendant

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya or Uraba
Titles
  • Pendant
Date200–1000 AD (early), 1000–1600 AD (late)
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (4.4 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2431
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 May 19, 2001–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory # precedes object purchased on May 19, 2001.

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