Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Necklace
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold and spondylus shell
DimensionsOverall: 0.3kg, 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.471
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceEx. Jean-Eugene Lions Collection, Geneva, #1021, since at least 1980;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.471

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front of object
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front of object (mounted to black velvet)
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front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
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100 BC–700 AD
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