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Headdress

back view of two objects mounted together

Public Domain

Headdress
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Headdress
Datec. 300
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (3.2 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2521
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
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before May 19, 2001] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May 19, 2001–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Sotheby's auction on May 19, 2001.

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Headdress
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front side of object
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front of object
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front of object
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Pectoral Depicting the Head of a Fanged Andean Condor Deity
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front of object
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600–1600 AD
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900–200 BC
Gold
2001.883
front of object
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900–200 BC
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front of object
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900–200 BC
Gold
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Unknown Central and South American
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.837.1,.2
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