Unknown Central and South American
Three Plume Ornaments

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Three Plume Ornaments
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 11 × 1 9/16 in. (27.9 × 4 cm)
 .2: 8 7/8 × 1 3/8 in. (22.5 × 3.5 cm)
 .3: 10 7/16 × 6 1/8 in. (26.5 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.377.1-.3
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's NY, 5.16.1989, lot #17);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.377.1

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