Headdress Ornament with Deity Face

Headdress Ornament with Deity Face

Public Domain

CultureSiguas
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
Date100 BC–300 AD
PlaceHacienda Ocucaje, Peru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (22.2 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.843
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least December 1967—2001 [1][2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #4, slide of object dated "DEC 67."
[2] Accession file includes Robert Sonin report dated December 15, 1967.

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front of object
Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.849
front view of object
Headdress with Deity
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.842
Headdress with Deity Effigy
Headdress with Deity Effigy
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.848
Incensario Stand
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.637
Incensario Stand
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c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.638
Headdress ornament
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1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.845
front of object
Circular Disk with Face
800–1500 AD
Gold
2001.847
Headdress with a Figure of the Decapitator Deity
Headdress with a Figure of the Decapitator Deity
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.385
Bowl
Bowl
900–200 BC
Stone
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Pair of Ornaments with Embossed Faces
Pair of Ornaments with Embossed Faces
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.799.1,.2
Pectoral
Pectoral
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.823
front side of object
Ornament with Deity Effigy
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.846