Unknown Central and South American
Pendant with Human Head

Pendant with Human Head

Public Domain

Artist
CultureManteño
Titles
  • Pendant with Human Head
Date800–1500 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumCopper
Dimensions6 × 5 1/2 × 1 inches (15.3 × 14 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.438
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 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "SEP 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.438

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