Unknown Central and South American
Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Ornament
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions2 5/16 × 6 1/8 in. (5.8 × 15.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2523
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, May 12, 1979, Sale 4246 Fine Pre-Columbian Art and Colonial Paintings of Latin America, Lot 82]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 12, 1979–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory.

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