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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
Artist
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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Unknown Central and South American
Eight Ornaments in the Form of a Human Head
800–1375 AD
Gold
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as mounted by Alfred Glassell
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900–200 BC
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front of object
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c. 550–1100 AD
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as mounted to Plexiglas
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100–800 AD
Gold
2010.955.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornaments with Deities
650–900 AD
Gold
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Pair of Square Ornaments with Deities
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Pair of Square Ornaments with Deities
300–1550 AD
Gold
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Pair of Disk Ornaments with Agricultural Deities
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornaments Depicting a Decapitator Owl Deity
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.369.1,.2
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Unknown Central and South American
Two Ornaments with a Deity Holding a Trophy Head and Knife
100–800 AD
Gilt copper
2010.964.1,.2
Pair of Ornaments of Deity Heads with Pendants
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornaments of Deity Heads with Pendants
650–900 AD
Silver
2010.830.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament Depicting Deities Holding Decapitated Human Heads that Sprout Plants
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.527
Ornament with Double-headed Serpents, Feline Deity Head, and Disk Pendants (one of a pair)
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Double-headed Serpents, Feline Deity Head, and Disk Pendants (one of a pair)
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1203.1
Unknown Central and South American