Eight Ornaments with a Deity Head in Profile

front of object, as mounted upon receipt by MFAH

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Eight Ornaments with a Deity Head in Profile
front of object, as mounted upon receipt by MFAH
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Eight Ornaments with a Deity Head in Profile
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 3/4 × 5/8 in. (1.9 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.257.1-.8
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Christie's, Paris, June 14, 2004, Art africain, oceanien et precolombien Sale 5088, Lot 308]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, June 14, 2004–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Circular printed with handwritten numbers sticker on mount: 308 / 5088 / CHRISTIES

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