Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Earspool Shafts

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Pair of Earspool Shafts
Date100–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 3 × 1 3/4 in. diameter (7.6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4235.1,.2
Not on view

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Provenance(John Wise, Dallas, by 1966);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since July, 1966 [Invoice dated 4/26/1966; Letter from Junius Bird, dated 6/30/1966; Additional Invoice, dated 7/5/1966; note from John Wise archives at the DMA, dated 12/8/1967] [Glassell album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4235.1
Exhibition HistoryDallas, October, 1959
St. Petersburg, 1965
Cosmopolitan, c. 1965

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