Ear Ornament | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 900–1521

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (1.3 × 3.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr and Mrs Fred Olsen
Accession Number: 1961.43.4z
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Mexico, probably Guerrero, San Jerónimo de Juárez
Period: Early to Late Postclassic Period
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1961 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 99, 259, no. 199, fig. 100

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Object/Work type

ear ornaments

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