Unknown Central and South American
Gourd Shaped Bead

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Gourd Shaped Bead
  • Bead
Date1–800
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (3.8 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.269
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 7, 1989–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object described on November 7, 1989.

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