Unknown Central and South American
Three Hook Ornaments

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Three Hook Ornaments
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Dimensions2010.654: 3 1/8 × 7/8 × 1 in. (7.9 × 2.2 × 2.5 cm)
 2010.655: 3 1/8 × 3/4 × 1 in. (7.9 × 1.9 × 2.5 cm)
 2010.656: 3 1/4 × 1 × 3/4 in. (8.3 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.654-2010.656
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.654

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