Unknown Central and South American
Plume

Plume

Public Domain

Artist
CultureRecuay (possibly)
Titles
  • Plume
Date100–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGilt copper
Dimensions10 1/4 × 17/8 × 1 3/4 in. (26.0 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4198
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4198

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