Four Plume Pin Ornaments

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Four Plume Pin Ornaments
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSilver
Dimensions.1: 13 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 3/16 in. (34.9 × 2.8 × 0.5 cm)
.2: 16 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (42.9 × 3.7 × 0.5 cm)
.3: 13 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 3/16 in. (34.9 × 2.9 × 0.5 cm)
.4: 16 3/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (41.6 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2516.1-.4
Non exposé

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1994, Pre-Columbian Sale 6562, Lot 248] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1994–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on June 13, 1994.

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