Hollow Figure of a Human Head with Ear Pendants

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CultureTolita-Tumaco

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Hollow Figure of a Human Head with Ear Pendants

Date400 BC–400 AD

PlaceColombia

PlaceEcuador

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.4 × 5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.952

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May, 1996–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object purchased May 14, 1996.

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