Figural Ornament

Figural Ornament

Public Domain

Figural Ornament
CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Figural Ornament
Date600–1000 AD
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold and shells
DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 5/16 in. (6.6 × 3.5 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1032
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #25 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 20, 1986);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1986 [Glassell Album # 10, dated 1983–1987];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.1032

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front of object (mounted to black velvet)
Figural Ornament
600–1000 AD
Gold, spondylus, shell, and turquoise
2010.1031
Figural Ornament
Figural Ornament
600–1000 AD
Gold, shell, and turquoise
2010.1030
Running Warriors with Trophy Head
Running Warriors with Trophy Head
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, gold, silver, purple mussel, resin, cotton cord
2010.986
Seated Warrior with Gold Poncho and a Silver "Fez" with a Crest.
Seated Warrior with Gold Poncho and a Silver "Fez" with a Crest.
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, silver, spondylus, purple mussel shell, turquoise, wood, resin, cotton cord
2010.978
front of object
Figure of a Male
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with mother of pearl and spondylus shell
2010.910
Pairs of Warriors with Trophy Heads
Pairs of Warriors with Trophy Heads
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, gold, resin
2010.985.1,.2
Seated Male Effigy Whistle
Seated Male Effigy Whistle
600–900 AD
Earthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
2014.80
Pairs of Warriors with Staffs and Trophy Heads
Pairs of Warriors with Staffs and Trophy Heads
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, purple, mussel, silver, resin
2010.984.1,.2
Plaque
Plaque
19th century
Gold
2004.2278
Falcon-form Coffin with Grain Mummy
Falcon-form Coffin with Grain Mummy
332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
front of object
Standing Buddha Plaque
7th-9th century
Gold
2004.2396
front of object
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Feline Head Finials
650–900 AD
Wood, shells, and sodalite
2010.330.1,.2