Headdress ornament

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CultureChimú

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Headdress ornament

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru

MediumHammered, cut, and chased gold

Dimensions11 5/8 × 7 1/8 in. (29.5 × 18.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.845

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least January 1971—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #6, before slide dated "JAN 71."

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