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CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)

Titles

Disk

Date400–1000 AD

PlaceBolivia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions7 1/8 in. dia. (18.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2539

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1979–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes purchases made on May 12, 1979.
[2] Glassell Album # 9, photographs taken in November, 1979.

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