Arm Ornament

Arm Ornament

Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Arm Ornament
  • Armband
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumHammered and filigreed gold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8.9 × 7.9 × 6.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.877
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least September 1970—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #6, near slide dated "SEP 70."

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