Pair of Ear Ornaments with Rulers

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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Rulers
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments with Rulers
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. diameter (1.5 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.354.1,.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.354.1

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