Collar

Public Domain

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureWari (Huari)

Titles

Collar

Date600–1000 AD

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 12 × 15 1/4 in. (30.5 × 38.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4307

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

Exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[André Emmerich (1924–2007) Gallery, New York, by 1969] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by July, 1970–2002 [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] André Emmerich, Sun Gods and Saints: Art of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Peru (New York: Andre Emmerich, 1969), cat. no. 18.

[2] Glassell Album # 5, precedes slide dated “JUL 70.”

Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References Emmerich, Andre. Sun Gods and Saints. New York: Andre Emmerich, Inc., 1969. no. 18.

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