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Head Finial

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Head Finial
Date800-1375 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 in. (10.2 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1061
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1061

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Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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200 BC–200 AD
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Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1250
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1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1289
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Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.859
Unknown Central and South American