Addorsed Head Ornament with Central Spiked Band

Addorsed Head Ornament with Central Spiked Band

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Addorsed Head Ornament with Central Spiked Band
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Addorsed Head Ornament with Central Spiked Band
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/16 × 1 1/2 × 5/8 in. (2.7 × 3.8 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4231
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at leat 1970 [Glassell Album #5, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4231

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