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Pair of Ornaments with Human Heads

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Pair of Ornaments with Human Heads
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Ornaments with Human Heads
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 1 11/16 × 1 1/8 in. (4.3 × 2.8 cm)
 .2: 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (4.1 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.313.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #7 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 15, 1994);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.313.1

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