Ring

Ring

Public Domain

CultureQuimbaya (possibly)
Titles
  • Ring
Date1–800
MediumGold and turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/16 × 7/8 in. (2.7 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4505
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 August 1969–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #6, before slide dated "AUG 69".

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front of object (mounted to black velvet)
Figural Ornament
600–1000 AD
Gold, spondylus, shell, and turquoise
2010.1031
Figural Ornament
Figural Ornament
600–1000 AD
Gold, shell, and turquoise
2010.1030
front of object
Necklace Bead Depicting a Trophy Head
100–800 AD
Gold and turquoise
2010.263
Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs
Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs
100–800 AD
Gold inlaid with turquoise and shell
2010.1283
Labret (with bird on top)
Labret (with bird on top)
100 BC–600 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.1408
Labret
Labret
100 BC–600 AD
Gold and turquoise
2002.4420
Labret
Labret
100 BC–600 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.1206
Necklace
Necklace
900–200 BC
Gold and turquoise
2004.2458
front of object
Two Stirrup-Spout-Vessel-shaped Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, cotton cord
2010.700-2010.701
front of object
Two Canteen-shaped Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, cotton cord
2010.698-2010.699
Pair of Trophy Head Pendants
Pair of Trophy Head Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, conch, greenstone, resin, cotton cord
2010.989.1,.2
Pair of Trophy Head Pendants
Pair of Trophy Head Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, sodalite, turquoise, cotton cord
2010.988.1,.2