Pair of Ear Ornaments with Feline Head Finials

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CultureWari (Huari)

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Feline Head Finials

Date650–900 AD

PlacePeru

MediumWood, shells, and sodalite

DimensionsEach: 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (4.2 × 2.9 × 6.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.330.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenancePrivate collection, Los Angeles;
(Arte Primitivo, lot 346, June 1, 2005);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.330.1

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