Axe-head with a Human Head

Axe-head with a Human Head

Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Axe-head with a Human Head
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumCopper with turquoise inlays
Dimensionso/a: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 4 inches (5.3 x5.3 × 10.2 cm.)
 plexiglas mount: 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/8 inches (8.9 × 11.5 × 5.3 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1113
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 26, 1985, lot 9]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 26, 1985–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "NOV 85."

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