Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Disk with Embossed Human Figure

Pectoral Disk with Embossed Human Figure

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Pectoral Disk with Embossed Human Figure
Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Pectoral Disk with Embossed Human Figure
Date1–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 9/16 × 4 9/16 × 1/4 in. (11.6 × 11.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.784
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 around July 1970–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, near slide dated "JUL 70."

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