Pair of Plaques with a Deity Head in Profile

Pair of Plaques with a Deity Head in Profile

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Pair of Plaques with a Deity Head in Profile
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Plaques with a Deity Head in Profile
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumShell
DimensionsEach: 1 1/8 × 1 × 1/4 in. (2.9 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4353.1,.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, 2002, 2002.4353.1

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