Deity Head Effigy Finial

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CultureMoche

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Deity Head Effigy Finial

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions2 × 2 1/4 × 1 in. (5.1 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1064

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance(Lot #34 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982 (Sale 4968));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1982 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 82"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1064

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