Head or Fabric Ornament

Head or Fabric Ornament

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Head or Fabric Ornament
Date300 BC–300 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions7 1/2 × 10 in. (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2482
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 January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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