Pair of Disk-Shape Ear Ornaments with Winged Attendant Deities

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CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)

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Pair of Disk-Shape Ear Ornaments with Winged Attendant Deities

Datec. 550–1100 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 2 5/16 in. diameter (5.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.326.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance(Christie's Paris, lot 362, June 7, 2005);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.326.1

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