Headdress Ornament with Deity Face

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Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
CultureSiguas
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament with Deity Face
Date100 BC–300 AD
PlaceHacienda Ocucaje, Peru
MediumGold
Dimensions6 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (16.8 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.849
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least December 1967—2001 [1][2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #4, slide of object dated "DEC 67."
[2] Accession file includes Robert Sonin report dated December 15, 1967.

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