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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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1063
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