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Plume Ornament

Plume Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Plume Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (13.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1271
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLouis Slavitz (1907–1992), New York, before November 22, 1999; [Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, lot 198][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1999–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Purchased with 2001.1269 and 2001.1270.

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1900–1950
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