Plume Ornament

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CultureMoche

Titles

Plume Ornament

Date100–700 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions12 3/4 × 4 in. (32.4 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.899

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1986, lot 10] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, November 24, 1986—2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on March 11, 1987.
[2] Glassell Binder #10, slide of object dated "NOV 87."

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