Long Handled "Tweezers" Ornament with Spiral Elements

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Long Handled "Tweezers" Ornament with Spiral Elements
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1134
Non exposé

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, c. 1992–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #12, by object bought at auction, November 1991, and precedes object bought at auction, May 1993.

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Ornament in the Form of a "Tweezers" with a Human Face
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and stone
2010.1156
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.861.1-.5
front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.852
front of object
800–1375 AD
Gold, silver
2010.1145
front of object
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2010.1157-2010.1159
front of object
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.1135-2010.1137
front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1150