CultureCalima
Titles
- Shell
Date200 BC–1300 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold and shell
Dimensions1 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (4.7 × 11.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1053
Not on view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on 3/11/98.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, silver, spondylus, purple mussel shell, turquoise, wood, resin, cotton cord
2010.978
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100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, shell, resin, cotton cord
2010.987.1,.2
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
