Necklace with Human-head Pendant

Necklace with Human-head Pendant

Public Domain

CultureManteño
Titles
  • Necklace with Human-head Pendant
Date800–1500 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumCopper and turquoise
Dimensionso/a: 21 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 3/8 inches (54.2 × 5.8 × .9 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.464
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.464

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