Headdress with a Figure of the Decapitator Deity

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Headdress with a Figure of the Decapitator Deity
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 23 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (59.1 × 80 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.385
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Kurt Zalud, Lima (pre-1960's);
Heintz Kaelin collection, Zurich (imported to the US in 1968);
Margarit Brenner, Zurich, 1980-1989;
Michael Bernstein, Tucson, AR;
(Heritage's Pre-Columbian Art Auction (The Hendershott Collection), Sept. 29, 2006, Lot #47178);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.385

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