Pair of Tubular Inlaid Ear Ornaments

Pair of Tubular Inlaid Ear Ornaments

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Pair of Tubular Inlaid Ear Ornaments
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Pair of Tubular Inlaid Ear Ornaments
Date100–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold and turquoise
DimensionsEach: 3 × 1 diameter in. (7.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1067.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1067.1

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