Pair of Inlaid Star-shaped Ear Ornaments

Pair of Inlaid Star-shaped Ear Ornaments

Public Domain

CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Pair of Inlaid Star-shaped Ear Ornaments
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood, shells, and turquoise
DimensionsEach: 2 × 2 7/16 in. (5.1 × 6.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.327.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Christie's Paris, Lot #357, June 7, 2005);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.327.1

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