Pair of Ear Ornaments

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Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Pair of Ear Ornaments
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumShell, stone, and gourd
DimensionsEach: 1/4 × 1/4 × 4 in. (0.6 × 0.6 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1158.1,.2
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Andre Emmerich, New York, by Dec. 6-31, 1969);
(Lot #20 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, Nov. 18, 1987);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1158.1
Exhibition HistoryNew York, "Sun Gods and Saints, Art of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Peru," Andre Emmerich, Dec. 6-31, 1969.

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