CultureMoche
Titles
- Two Ornaments with a Deity Holding a Trophy Head and Knife
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGilt copper
Dimensions.1: 3 3/4 × 7 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (9.5 × 18.2 × 2.8 cm)
.2: 4 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 1 5/16 in. (12.1 × 20.5 × 3.3 cm)
.2: 4 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 1 5/16 in. (12.1 × 20.5 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.964.1,.2
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.964.1
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
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