Pair of Ear Ornaments with Deity Effigies

Pair of Ear Ornaments with Deity Effigies

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Deity Effigies
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments with Deity Effigies
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumBone and turquoise
DimensionsEach: 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (0.9 × 4.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.312.1,.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, 2010, 2010.312.1

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