Ornament with Deity Effigy

Ornament with Deity Effigy

Public Domain

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Ornament with Deity Effigy
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold and silver foil
Dimensions7 × 8 3/8 in. (17.8 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4221
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4221

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