Pectoral Disk

CultureVeraguas
Titles
  • Pectoral Disk
Date900–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 8 × 3/4 in. (22.9 × 20.3 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.795
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1986, lot 52]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1986–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #10.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso, small circular sticker with handwritten "125 / GMS"

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