CultureNasca
Titles
- Pair of Killer Whale Pendants
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumPearly shell, spondylus, resin
DimensionsEach: 1 1/2 × 2 in. (3.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1292.1,.2
Not on view
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[1] Glassell Album # 5, precedes slide dated "JUL 70"
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Examined by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, according to letter dated 8/17/1971.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
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100 BC–700 AD
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