Unknown Central and South American
Rectangular Ornament

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Public Domain

Rectangular Ornament
Artist
Artist
CultureNasca (probably)
Titles
  • Rectangular Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 11 × 1/4 in. (7 × 27.9 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.710
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 1980–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, precedes object bought at auction, November 1980.
[2] Glassell inventory, precedes object described January 26, 1983.

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