Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Public Domain

CultureTolita-Tumaco
Titles
  • Ear Ornament
Date600 BC–400 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold with stone bead
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (3.1 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.334
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.334

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