CultureMoche
Titles
- Headdress Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumSilver, gold gilt, turquoise, and shell
Dimensions6 5/8 × 15 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (16.8 × 38.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1185
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1185
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Hammered, chased, and filigreed gold and turquoise inlay
2001.1072
Unknown Central and South American
1000–1470 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.959
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.1057
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Feathers, camelid hair, cotton cloth, plant fiber, reed splints, and string
2001.996
