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Ornament Depicting a Scorpion

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Ornament Depicting a Scorpion
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Ornament Depicting a Scorpion
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Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 9/16 × 2 11/16 × 4 15/16 in. (3.9 × 6.9 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1273
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M 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 1969–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 4, photograph precedes slides, dated "JUL 69."
Published References Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976), fig. 379

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