Openwork Figural Ornament

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Openwork Figural Ornament
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Openwork Figural Ornament
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 × 3 7/8 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 9.8 × 1.3 cm) (.A)
 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 1/8 in. (.B)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1055.A,.B
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 least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1055.A,.B

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