Pair of Inlaid Circular Ear Ornaments with Birds

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Pair of Inlaid Circular Ear Ornaments with Birds
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Pair of Inlaid Circular Ear Ornaments with Birds
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold with stone and shell inlays
DimensionsEach: 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (0.6 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.320.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [slides in Glassell Album #6 dated "SEP 70" and "NOV 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.320.1

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