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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Ear ornament
250 B.C.–A.D. 300
Bone
1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1959.55.5
Manufacture of ear spools required sandwiching the perforated disc between two shallow rings. The disc was held in place with plaster, and the outer wall was inlaid with curved strips of bone to create a smooth, concave surface.
Geography:
Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, Maya or Valley of Mexico
Period:
Late Formative Period to Early Classic Period
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1959 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), 153, 319, no. 335, fig. 181.
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