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Crown with depictions of feline deities

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Crown with depictions of feline deities
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Crown with depictions of feline deities
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 9 13/16 × 20 1/16 in. (25 × 51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.379
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. Collection, Houston; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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