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Ornament with Split Tail

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (probably)
Titles
  • Ornament with Split Tail
Date800–1500 AD
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (15.1 × 10 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.641
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceEx. private New Jersey collection;
(Arte Primitivo NY, 6.9.05, lot #276);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.641

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