Seventeen Zoomorphic Ornaments

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Public Domain

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) or Wari (Huari)
Titles
  • Seventeen Zoomorphic Ornaments
Date400–1100 AD
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold
DimensionsWeight: 29 grams together
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1355.1-.17
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1969–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 4, precedes slide dated "JUL 69"; Lou Slavitz report as part of a group of 17 objects, dated July 1969.

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