CultureMoche
Titles
- Headdress Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumSilver, gold gilt, turquoise, and shell
Dimensions6 5/8 × 15 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (16.8 × 38.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1185
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1185
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
800–1375 AD
Hammered, chased, and filigreed gold and turquoise inlay
2001.1072
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
