Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Human Figures with Disk Pendants

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureMoche

Titles

Pair of Human Figures with Disk Pendants

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGilt copper

Dimensions.1: 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 1/2 in. (19.1 × 11.4 × 1.3 cm)
.2: 7 × 8 × 1/2 in. (17.8 × 20.3 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.956.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceJean-Eugene Lions, Geneva, before 1980 [1]; purchased by Robert Duff, Boca Raton, Florida, before December 7, 2005 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, December 7, 2005–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Invoice from Duff to Glassell dated December 7, 2005. Includes information on Lions.
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Sticker on verso: 1027

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