Spiral Ornament

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CultureTairona

Titles

Spiral Ornament

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/16 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 in. (7.8 × 13.3 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.718

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenancePrivate collection [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1987, lot 71]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1987–2008 [2] [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #10.
[3] Glassell Inventory, precedes objects described September 22, 1987.

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