Pair of Ornaments with Dangling Depictions of Faces and Serpents

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Pair of Ornaments with Dangling Depictions of Faces and Serpents

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 12 × 5 5/8 in. (30.5 × 14.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.761.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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