CultureMoche
Titles
- Pair of Flared Disk Ear Ornaments
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 3 × 2 11/16 in. diameter (7.6 × 6.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.340.1,.2
Not on view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1969 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "JUN 69"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.340.1
Exhibition History"Gold of the Americas: An Exhibit of Pre-Columbian Gold from Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia," The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, May 14, 1970-October, 1977.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed white sticker: 673
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