CultureChavín
Titles
- Pair of Deity Head Effigy Pendants
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumBone inlaid with mother of pearl and turquoise
DimensionsEach: 1 7/8 × 3/4 in. (4.8 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.897.1,.2
Not on view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.897.1
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900–200 BC
Spondylus shell with mother of pearl and stone inlays
2010.899.1,.2
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1203.1
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1203.2
late 19th–early 20th century
Wood; inlaid with ebony, mother of pearl, and ivory or bone
2010.223
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
2010.323.1,.2
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2