Duck

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Duck
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru , South America
MediumGold with cinnabar
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 4 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (7.6 × 12.1 × 6.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1133
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1133
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed sticker on the underside: 20

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front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold, hematite or cinnabar
2001.1089
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
Cinnabar Pouch
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Crown
1–800
Gold
2001.1015
Lime Dipper
1000–1470 AD
Gold and silver
2001.958
Dipper
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2001.961
Twelve Round Plaques
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1266.1-.12
Ornament with Deity Effigy
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.1307
Funerary Mask
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.853
Lime Container
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1230
Headdress
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1278