Needle

Needle

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Needle
  • Tool
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia (possibly)
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 × 1/16 in. (5.4 × 0.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1126
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 October, 1989–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010 [1]; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #11, precedes object bought at auction, October 1989.

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