Ornament

Ornament

Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
Mediumgold
Dimensions3/8 × 5/8 × 7/16 in. (1.0 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4417
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, Sale 6420 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 213]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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