Set of Thirteen Ornaments with Deity

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CultureChimú

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Set of Thirteen Ornaments with Deity

Date1100–1450 AD

PlaceMoche Valley, Peru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (3.8 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1058.1-.13

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Robert Sonin report dated December 15, 1967] [Glassell Album #3, slide dated "Dec 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1058.1

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