CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
- Pair of Ear Ornaments with Feline Head Finials
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood, shells, and sodalite
DimensionsEach: 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (4.2 × 2.9 × 6.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.330.1,.2
Not on view
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Object Type
(Arte Primitivo, lot 346, June 1, 2005);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.330.1
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650–900 AD
Wood, shells, and turquoise
2010.327.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Wood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
2001.1160.A,.B
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood, gourd, shell, and stone
2001.1159.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Wood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
2001.1161
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shells, green stone, and metal
2001.1167
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shells, green stone, and metal
2001.1169
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Wood, gold, shell inlay
2010.328.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, greenstone, shell, resin, cotton cord
2010.990.1,.2