Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads

Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads

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Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumStone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
Dimensions.1: 3 7/8 × 2 1/16 × 1/4 in. (9.8 × 5.2 × 0.6 cm)
 .2: 3 15/16 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (10 × 5.4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1055.1,.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 c. September, 1998–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory; near object described on September 15, 1998.

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