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Ornament Depicting a Scorpion (one of a pair)

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Public Domain

Ornament Depicting a Scorpion (one of a pair)
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Ornament Depicting a Scorpion (one of a pair)
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5/16 × 2 1/8 × 3 13/16 in. (0.8 × 5.4 × 9.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1275
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 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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