Plume Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Plume Ornament
Date100–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions12 3/4 × 4 in. (32.4 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.899
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1986, lot 10] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, November 24, 1986—2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on March 11, 1987.
[2] Glassell Binder #10, slide of object dated "NOV 87."

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