Unknown Central and South American
Pairs of Warriors with Staffs and Trophy Heads

Pairs of Warriors with Staffs and Trophy Heads

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Pairs of Warriors with Staffs and Trophy Heads
Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Pairs of Warriors with Staffs and Trophy Heads
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell, turquoise, purple, mussel, silver, resin
DimensionsEach: 2 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (6.4 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.984.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 1970–2008 [1][2][3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, precedes slide dated "JUL 70."
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Scheduled examination by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, letter dated 8/17/1971.

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