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Head or Arm Ornament

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureNasca (probably)
Titles
  • Head or Arm Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 5 15/16 × 1/16 in. (3.2 × 15.1 × 0.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.390
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1975;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.390

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