Repousee Tweezer shape ornament with head and wings

Repousee Tweezer shape ornament with head and wings

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Repousee Tweezer shape ornament with head and wings
CultureJama Coaque
Titles
  • Repousee Tweezer shape ornament with head and wings
Date200 BC–800 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in. (4.2 × 4.4 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.676
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 1992–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory, precedes object described September 25, 1992.

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