Ornament with Human Face

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Ornament with Human Face
CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Ornament with Human Face
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumShells, green stone, and metal
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 5/8 in. (4.8 × 4.8 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1169
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 1980 [Glassel Album #10, slide dated "DEC 80"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1169

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