Crown

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Crown
Rectangular Crown

Date200 BC–400 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGilt copper

Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (16.5 × 21.9 × 16.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.972

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceCollection of Garcia Benitez (Source: Tribal Arts: Le Monde de L'Art Tribal, Vol. IV, No. 1, Summer, 1997, page 30);
(Lot # 7 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000 (Sale 7476));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.972

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