Applique of a Bird Warrior Deity (one of six)

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Applique of a Bird Warrior Deity (one of six)
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 2 15/16 × 1/8 in. (7.3 × 7.4 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1280.2
Non exposé

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Provenance[David Bernstein, New York]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1979–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #9, photographs dated November 1979.

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