CultureMoche
Titles
- Gilt Head
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGilt copper with shell inlay eyes
Dimensions1 7/8 × 3 × 1 3/8 in. (4.8 × 7.6 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1063
Not on view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1063
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Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Silver, gold gilt, turquoise, and shell
2001.1185
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Hammered, chased, and filigreed gold and turquoise inlay
2001.1072
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
