Gilt Copper Head of Ai-Apec

Gilt Copper Head of Ai-Apec

Public Domain

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Gilt Copper Head of Ai-Apec
Date100–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGilt copper
Dimensions3 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (9.5 × 12.1 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4286
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY, 11.18.1987. Lot #43);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4286

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