CultureMoche
Titles
- Set of 11 Necklace Beads Depicting the Decapitator Deity
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold and turquoise
Dimensions2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1066.1-.11
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1066.1-.11
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Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and turquoise
2010.490
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold and turquoise
2010.263
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold with turquoise
2010.265
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold, sodalite with turquoise
2010.264
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.369.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold inlaid with turquoise and shell
2010.1283
Unknown Central and South American
700–1550 AD
Gold
2010.463
Unknown Central and South American
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.454
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Gold and rock crystal
2010.459