Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral

Pectoral

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 × 3 × 3/8 in. (10.2 × 7.6 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1280
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1280

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