CultureMoche
Titles
- Set of 11 Necklace Beads Depicting the Decapitator Deity
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold and turquoise
Dimensions2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1066.1-.11
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1066.1-.11
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100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
100–800 AD
Gold inlaid with turquoise and shell
2010.1283