Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ear Spools (fragments)

Pair of Ear Spools (fragments)

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Spools (fragments)
Date100 BC–800 AD
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. diameter (1.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4445.A,.B
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 November 21, 1991–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object described on November 21, 1991.

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