Pair of Flying Fish Ornaments

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Pair of Flying Fish Ornaments
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CultureNasca
Titles
  • Pair of Flying Fish Ornaments
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (14.3 × 8.9 cm)
 .2: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1123.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1123.1

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