Headdress Ornament

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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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1185
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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Headdress
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1278