Disk Ornament with a Figure of a Squatting Female Figure

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Disk Ornament with a Figure of a Squatting Female Figure
CultureQuimbaya (possibly)
Titles
  • Disk Ornament with a Figure of a Squatting Female Figure
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 × 6 7/8 × 1/8 in. (17.5 × 17.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.781
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1992–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory, precedes object described May 22, 1992.

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