Pair of Ear Ornaments

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CultureChimú

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Pair of Ear Ornaments

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumWood, gourd, shell, and stone

DimensionsEach: 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 11/16 in. (7 × 7 × 6.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1159.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceLot #39 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 22, 1993;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1159.1

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