Double Bird Belt Ornament

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CultureMoche

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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

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

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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