Pectoral with Face

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Pectoral with Face
  • Pectoral Plaque with Face
Date200 BC–1300 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions8 3/4 × 11 × 1 1/8 in. (22.2 × 27.9 × 2.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.748
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, by 1980 [1]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1987–2008 [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Robert Sonin Report, 1980.

[2] Glassell Album # 10, precedes object purchased on May 19, 1987.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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