Pair of Ear Ornaments Depicting a Ruler or Deity

Pair of Ear Ornaments Depicting a Ruler or Deity

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Pair of Ear Ornaments Depicting a Ruler or Deity
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments Depicting a Ruler or Deity
  • Ear Ornament Frontal (one of a pair)
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumHammered, cut, and chased gold
Dimensions.1: 2 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/4 in. (7.3 x 7 x 1.9 cm)
 .2: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 1/2 in. (7 × 7 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1062.1,.2
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Similar to lot # 17 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 21, 1988);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1062.1

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