Pendant with Human Head

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CultureManteño

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Pendant with Human Head

Date800–1500 AD

PlaceEcuador

MediumCopper

Dimensions6 × 5 1/2 × 1 inches (15.3 × 14 × 2.5 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.438

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "SEP 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.438

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