Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs

Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs

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Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs
  • Ornament in the Form of a Sting Ray with a Human Head
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold inlaid with turquoise and shell
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 × 3 7/16 in. (9.8 × 6.5 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1283
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
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 1994, lot 10]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 15, 1994–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Robert Sonin report dated, 1994.

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