Labret with depiction of animal deity

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Labret with depiction of animal deity
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (2.5 × 3.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.414
Not on view

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Provenance(Sold as part of sixteen Tairona objects at Sotheby's NY, 5.17.1993, lot #252);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.414

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