Unknown Central and South American
Genital Cover

Genital Cover

Public Domain

Genital Cover
Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Genital Cover
  • Penis Cover
Date500–1550 AD
MediumCast Gold
Dimensions4 1/16 × 4 × 4 in. (10.3 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2558
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceFrederick Lehmann, Ann Arbor, MI, before January 12, 2003 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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