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Trumpet or Staff Finial

Trumpet or Staff Finial

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima (probably)
Titles
  • Trumpet or Staff Finial
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions8 7/8 × 1 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (22.5 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4324
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4324

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