Unknown Central and South American
Double Bird Belt Ornament

Double Bird Belt Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Double Bird Belt Ornament
Date100–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 7/16 × 6 3/8 × 1/2 in. (8.7 × 16.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4278
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995);
(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 20, 1995, Lot #38);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4278
Exhibition History"Gold! Natural Treasure, Cultural Obsession," Houston Museum of Natural Science, February 18–September 18, 2005.

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