Pair of Disk Ornaments with Agricultural Deities

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CultureNasca

Titles

Pair of Disk Ornaments with Agricultural Deities

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.840.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 1970–2008 [1][2][3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, near slide dated "JUL 70."
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Scheduled examination by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, letter dated 8/17/1971.

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