Feline Head Pendant

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Feline Head Pendant

Date100–700 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGilt copper with inlays

Dimensions1 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (4.8 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4222

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4222

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