Unknown Central and South American
Rattle Belt Ornament

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Public Domain

Rattle Belt Ornament
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • 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
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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