Headdress

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Headdress
Datec. 300
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 3 7/8 (9.8 × 9.9 × 0.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2519
Not on view

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Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before May 22, 2001] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May 22, 2001–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on May 22, 2001.

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