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Feline Head Plaque

Feline Head Plaque

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Feline Head Plaque
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (11.1 × 10.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4233
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #29 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 17,);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4233

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Pair of Hammered Plaques with Feline Heads
c. 600–900
Gold
2002.4314.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Plaque with a Feline Head
600–1600 AD
Gold
2010.838
front of object
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Plaque with Figure of a Double Headed Anthropomorphic Feline
200 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.834
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornamental Plaques with Feline Faces
200 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.833.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Feline Heads
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.530
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament with Feline Heads
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.529
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Human and Feline Head Dangles
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.659
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Disk Pectoral with Feline Head
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.759
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Bowl with Heads and Grimacing Felines
600 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.1163
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pendant figure with a Feline Head
200 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.951
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Snake with Feline Head
650–900 AD
Gold
2010.1252
Applique ornament of a head with feline diadem
Unknown Central and South American
Applique ornament of a head with feline diadem
800–1375 AD
Gold
2010.1020
Unknown Central and South American