Labret

Labret

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Labret
Date500–1550 AD
MediumCast gold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (3.2 × 2.2 cm) and 1 1/16 × 13/16 in. diameter and 1 3/16 × 13/16 in.
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4536
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, Sale 7391 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 220]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1999–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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