Unknown Central and South American
Disk

Disk

Public Domain

Disk
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Disk
Date400–1000 AD
PlaceBolivia, South America
MediumGold or gold alloy
Dimensions7 1/8 in. dia. (18.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2540
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 May 12, 1979–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes objects purchased from Sotheby's auction on May 12, 1979.
Exhibition History"Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca," Denver Art Museum, October 16, 2004–January 23, 2005.

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