Unknown Central and South American
Shell ornament

Shell ornament

Public Domain

Shell ornament
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Shell ornament
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (3.8 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2436
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, precedes object purchased on May 19, 2001.

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