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Fish-shaped Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Fish-shaped Ornament
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (8.5 × 2.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1183
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1993–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory; precedes object described on August 20, 1993.

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