Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments

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CultureQuimbaya or Uraba

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Pair of Circular Ear Ornaments

Date200–1600 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 2 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 7/16 in. (6.4 × 7.0 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.800.1,.2

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceFrancisco O'Campo, New York, before July 31, 2000 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by July 31, 2000—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on July 31, 2000.

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