Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Ornament
  • from a display Board with 24 objects including 10 half-spheres
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumGold
Dimensionssmallest to largest object: 5/16 × 9/16 inches diameter to 2 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 1/2 inches

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4533
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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2002.4440.10
Pair of Plaque Ornaments (one of a group of thirteen)
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.10,.11
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.4
Nose Ornament
Nose Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.923
Ornament
Ornament
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2004.2522
Ornament
Ornament
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2004.2523
Ornament
Ornament
c. 700
Gold
2001.1264
front of object
Nose Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.929
Owl ornaments
Owl ornaments
100–700 AD
Gold
2001.1356.1,.2
Ornament in the form of a bee
Ornament in the form of a bee
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.1358
.A,.B
Pair of Circular Ornaments (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold
2002.4440.1.A,.B
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Pair of Ear Ornaments
500–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4402.1,.2
Eight Crocodile Figural Ornaments
Eight Crocodile Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.39-.46