Pendant in the Form of a Human Face

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CultureNariño

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Pendant in the Form of a Human Face

Date600–1600 AD

PlaceColombia/Ecuador

MediumGold and string

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 3 × 3/8 in. (8.3 × 7.6 × 1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.973

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.973

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