Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges

Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges

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Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold inlaid with mother of pearl
Dimensions.1: 2 15/16 × 1 7/8 in. diameter (7.4 × 4.7 cm)
 .2: 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. diameter (7.1 × 4.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.341.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection [Collection sticker #660];
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least January, 1974 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "JAN 74"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.341.1

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