Pair of Ear Ornaments with Spider

Pair of Ear Ornaments with Spider

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Spider
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments with Spider
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumHammered, cut, and filigreed gold
DimensionsEach: 1 × 1 1/8 in. (2.5 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1361.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1361.1

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