Currently not on view
Shell disk (ear ornament frontal),
A.D. 900–1500
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A.D. 900–1500
North America, Mexico, Veracruz, North Veracruz
<p> November 23, 1998, Sotheby's, “Pre-Columbian Art,” New York, lot 342. By 1999, Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [2]; 2016, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum. </p> <p> Notes: <br> [1] According to Sotheby’s, Pre-Columbian Art (New York: Sotheby’s, 1998), lot 342. <br> [2] Griffin lent the work to the Museum in 1999 (L.1999.3). </p>
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