Head Band with Four Prone Felines

Head Band with Four Prone Felines

Public Domain

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Head Band with Four Prone Felines
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 12 3/4 × 3 in. (3.8 × 32.4 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4232
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "NOV 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4232
Exhibition History"Gold! Natural Treasure, Cultural Obsession," Houston Museum of Natural Science, February 18–September 18, 2005.

“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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