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Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (11.6 × 5.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.705
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
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 1970–2008 [1][2][3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, near slide dated "JUL 70."
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Scheduled examination by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, letter dated 8/17/1971.
Published References Frances Marzio, Miniature Size, Magical Quality: Nasca Art from the Glassell Collection" (New Haven: Yale University Press; Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), 80.

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