Headdress Ornament with Sun

Headdress Ornament with Sun

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Headdress Ornament with Sun
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament with Sun
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumHammered and cut gold
Dimensions8 1/2 × 11 × 1/2 in. (21.6 × 27.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1057
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot # 20 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 24, 1997 (Sale 7057));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1057

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