Pair of Deity Head Ornaments

Pair of Deity Head Ornaments

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Pair of Deity Head Ornaments
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Deity Head Ornaments
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumBone
Dimensions.1: 3 1/16 × 2 in. (7.8 × 5.1 cm)
 .2: 3 1/2 × 2 in. (8.9 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.894.1,.2
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, 2010.894.1

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