Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Plaque with Depictions of Embossed, Stylized Lobsters

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Pectoral Plaque with Depictions of Embossed, Stylized Lobsters
Artist
CultureMuisca
Titles
  • Pectoral Plaque with Depictions of Embossed, Stylized Lobsters
Date600–1500 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 1/2 in. (13.3 × 14 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.768
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 2003–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory, precedes object described February 6, 2003.

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