Plume Ornament

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CultureNasca

Titles

Plume Ornament

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions5 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (13.7 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1271

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceLouis Slavitz (1907–1992), New York, before November 22, 1999; [Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, lot 198][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1999–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Purchased with 2001.1269 and 2001.1270.

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