Rattle Belt Ornament

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CultureMoche

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Rattle Belt Ornament

Date100–700 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions1 7/8 × 3 × 3 in. (4.8 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1069

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance(Similar to lot #250 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982 (Sale4968) (Note: the said lot was a copper ornament with larger dimensions));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1069

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