Pair of Inlaid Ear Ornaments with Deity

Pair of Inlaid Ear Ornaments with Deity

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Pair of Inlaid Ear Ornaments with Deity
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
DimensionsEach: 2 1/2 in. diameter (6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.323.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, Sale 737E, lot 5110 [with a silver crown and breastplate], 6.9.2003);
Gary Hendershott Collection, Little Rock, AR, 2003–2006;
(Lot #47198 in Heritage's Pre-Columbian Art Auction (The Hendershott Collection), Sept. 29, 2006);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, 2006–2010;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.323.1

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