Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral

Pectoral

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Pectoral
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, Central America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/16 in. diameter (12.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1296
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1296

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