Tweezer Ornament

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CultureMalagana

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Tweezer Ornament

Date200 BC–300 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions7 1/4 × 4 1/16 × 1/2 in. (18.4 × 10.3 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1130

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenancePossibly Ken Klassen, Bellingham, Washintgon, and Burnaby, British Columbia, before August 20, 1993 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 20, 1993– 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number between purchases described on August 20, 1993.
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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