Comb

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Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Comb
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.4 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1080
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 November, 1979–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.



[1] Glassell Album # 9, photographs dated November 1979.

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