Armband

Armband

Public Domain

Armband
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Armband
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumHammered silver and filigreed gold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 6.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.844
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 27, 1998, lot 322]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 27, 1998—2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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