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Forehead Ornament

Forehead Ornament

Public Domain

Forehead Ornament
Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Forehead Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (3.5 × 14.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.388
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.388

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