Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (possibly)
Titles
  • Necklace
Date400–1100 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold and turquoise
Dimensions13 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 1/4 in. (34.3 × 12.1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.871
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, sale 5401, May 1983, lot 13]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 1983—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #10, near object dated "MAY 83."

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