Disc Ornament with Human Figure

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Disc Ornament with Human Figure
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Disc Ornament with Human Figure
  • Pectoral
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1/8 × 5 1/4 in. (0.3 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.782
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, 1997 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on November 3, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Circular stickeron verso: "CO162"

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