Ornament with Serpents

Ornament with Serpents

Public Domain

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Ornament with Serpents
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3/4 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1269
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, 2001, 2001.1269

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