Dumbarton Oaks - Pair of Earrings

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Pair of Earrings

Zenú, Period IV
200 BCE-1000 CE
6.03 cm x 8.26 cm x 0.32 cm (2 3/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. x 1/8 in.)
tumbaga
PC.B.395

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Keywords

This object has the following keywords:

Earrings, Tayrona

Earrings
Tayrona

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Bibliography

Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 56, cat. 313.

Exhibition History

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, February 1958 to July 1962.

Acquisition History

Purchased from John Wise, New York (dealer), by Robert Woods Bliss, 1957.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1957-1962.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.

Object Last Modified: 3/8/2023