Unknown Central and South American
Forehead Ornament

Public Domain

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureNasca

Titles

Forehead Ornament

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (3.2 × 15.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.387

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenancePossibly John Wise, Dallas;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least July, 1970 [Glassell Album #5, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Examined by Alan R. Sawyer July, 1970. Report by Alan Sawyer;
Letter dated August 17, 1971 indicates Alan Sawyer and Heather Lechtman conducted an additional examination in October, 1971;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.387

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