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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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4353.1
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Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Shell
2010.653
Unknown Central and South American
c. 600–900
Gold
2002.4314.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell with mother of pearl and stone inlays
2010.899.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1384.2
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1384.1
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
2010.323.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Bone
2002.4352.1,.2
