Unknown Central and South American
Crown Depicting Deity Effigy

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Crown Depicting Deity Effigy
Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Crown Depicting Deity Effigy
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 7 in. dia. (10.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.900
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1994, lot 17] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 17, 1994—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on June 13, 1994, purchased from Sotheby's auction on May 17, 1994.

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