Unknown Central and South American
Rectangular Ornament

Rectangular Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureDiquis
Titles
  • Rectangular Ornament
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions6 × 8 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (15.2 × 22.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2484
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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