Pair of Pierced Embossed Circular Plaques

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Pair of Pierced Embossed Circular Plaques
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Pierced Embossed Circular Plaques
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 6 in. diameter (15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.807.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.807.1

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